October 7: MONDAY IS COMING

To all of my Christian brothers and sisters reading this Blog this weekend, I have a personal question: How is your Monday Connection? While you are in your Bible Class and Discipling group and worshipping congregation, don’t forget your Monday Connection. During all of the sweet fellowship you enjoy with your faith family, don’t forget your Monday Connection. As you have extra time to relax and meditate on the great truths of God, don’t forget your Monday Connection. On Sunday night you will leave your weekend spiritual paradise and go back to the Mainland. Most of the people you will see and work with did not have a weekend of spiritual delight and blessing. They have desperately been trying to “catch up” on all they had to do or frantically running here and there “in the pursuit of happiness”. Don’t forget your Monday Connection.
At sometime you must bring yourself and the tools of your trade to God’s altar for a time of consecration. If not, you will not be able to connect in a significant way with all these people. Your Monday Connection is waiting.
James 2:14ff (NIV) reminds: “What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? I will show you my faith by what I do. You see that faith and actions work together and faith is made complete by deeds. You see that a person is justified by what he does and not by faith alone.”
Just imagine, on Monday morning you have all these people waiting for you to come back to work to show them how a man or woman of faith conducts themselves in the marketplace. They really want to know. So get prepared and be “practically spiritual” all day Monday. “Christ in you” is not only your “hope of glory” but theirs as well. Try not to fail the test.

“Thank You, God, for Monday; for a day when the people we work with
all the time examine us closely for evidence of the changing work of Jesus.
Amen”