Pay Day Is Coming

In many organizations, staff receive pay every two weeks. For some of my staff, that’s a long two weeks. I often have to explain to newcomers that their first check will be received around their fourth or fifth week of work. That can be perplexing at times, until you understand how the payroll system works. I thought about how you put time in during those two weeks, but you may not see the reward for it right away.

I was thinking about an old song.  Put your time in. Payday is coming afterwhile. There is another old song I’d hear in church about sending up timber every day. What were these psalmists hinting at? The answer became quite simple for me. Relationship. At my job, my administrators know what they are expecting from me day to day. The expectations aren’t a surprise. Furthermore, they provide me with the tools to do my job reasonably well. That’s the relationship we establish with our employers. It’s give and take. We get a reward, that is a paycheck, because we put the time in, right? 

Likewise, we should “put time in” with God. Not because we want something tangible in return. Simply because he is God! Instead of treating prayer time as an item “to-do”, intentionally make the effort to spend quality undivided time in his presence. Prayer is never a waste, unless we lose faith. Trust and believe that every prayer you’ve uttered has been heard. Your assignment now, is to keep laboring and sending up timber because the moment that you stop, the conversation between you and God is disrupted. Like the water cycle, keep the wheel turning. That’s how we pray without ceasing and why it is increasingly vital for our daily lives.

Stay Sunny!

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