In All We Undertake

 

And you shall rejoice

before the LORD your God

in all that you undertake.

              Deuteronomy 12. 18

(Rejoicing is not just tied to a

        favorable outcome

     or grand accomplishment,

but rejoicing before God

            in the doing.

The ancient Hebrew word all,

means exactly that:  all,

the whole, each and everything,

       all that we undertake,

even the difficult and confusing.

And through our doing,

God forms something new

      in us, training, equipping,

preparing us for the now and next.

When we come before Him

              in all that we do,

every good endeavor,

and every faithful deed,

   God transforms our hearts.

Do we see this task differently

      by worshiping God in this?)

O LORD,

Help us to go differently

             into this day

by rejoicing in You,

  instead of grumbling.

Increase our vocabulary

    to speak with a new heart.

   and to bring You glory in it.

Use our work profoundly,

      in all we undertake,

even what is beyond understanding,

    out of sight, 

    or on the far side of words.

Grant us the deeper joy

      not just in the doing,

but in being faithful to You.