Wow. Love manifested in effectiveness. The very Kingdom of God invading the world of darkness, the world of less than excellent. All less than excellence is a reflection of the presence of Death and the presence of Pride. Love manifested as excellence, manifested as effectiveness is the Kingdom, now, pushing back the death and darkness.
So, Father, help me, help us all be good at our jobs. You put us here right now in this place under this authority for many sub reasons, but above all for your glory. Help us be effective at our work as an outworking of your love in our lives. Work love in and through us, for the benefit of our company, our division, our facility, our coworkers. Break down the blinders on our eyes, our habitual ways of thinking and seeing that are no longer effective. Clear our ears of old filters that stop us from hearing what is being said today because of what we heard in earlier days. Pour the oil of your spirit into the bruised and broken places in the very center of each of us, where we have built self defenses, scar tissue that keeps us from moving freely in thought, will and emotion. Remind us of what joy is like. Remind us of what it smells like. Remind us of what it looks like, what it sounds like. Remind us of when we touched joy. I want the joy of the Lord to be my strength, our strength.
Thank you. You are the great God, the high and holy one, who bends low to love us. Thank you for the oil of joy, your holy spirit.
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