This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24
Dear heavenly Father, I’m not sure when or where Mondays got such a bad wrap, but they are as surely “the day you have made” as Fridays are. We come before you on this Monday not lamenting the beginning of a workweek but rejoicing in the privilege of a worship week.
We began our week yesterday with the Sabbath rest of the gospel, and we want to continue our week at the same grace-full pace. Father, may we see our work less as a job and more as a vocation—less as a way of just paying the bills or preparing for retirement, and more as a means of expanding your kingdom and revealing your beauty. Whatever you have given us to do, may we do it as unto you—both the momentous and the mundane things.
By the power of the gospel, help us not view our bosses and co-workers only in terms of our advantage or disadvantage; rather, let us see all women and men as fellow image bearers of God—desperate for the same grace you have lavished on us in Jesus.
Father, grant us quick repentances when we get frustrated; mercy and grace for people who annoy and disappoint us; and great joy in knowing that it’s not mere men, but the Lord Jesus we are serving. Help us to be the chief encouragers, the best listeners, and the most trust-worthy workers—wherever you have placed us. So very Amen we pray, in Jesus’ wonderful and merciful name.
