Good morning everyone and welcome back to another mornings with the masters where you devote

yourself to the Lord daily with you. Good morning guys. Good morning indeed we're picking up with day

two of our devotional titled Give Your Work Meaning. There's a link to that in the description

if you guys want to follow along with us and as always I'm going to read the scripture

then Tori is going to pick up with the Devote. Let's do it. The scripture is John chapter 15 verse 5

and it says this yes I am divine you are the branches those who remain in me and I and them will

produce much fruit for apart from me you can do nothing. The devotional is titled Choosing Gods

Meaning for Work and it says this all too often Christians have the misconception that the only

work that matters to God is the work of pastors, missionaries and nonprofits. The danger is that

we judge other work as being insignificant which can have a negative impact on our attitude

and motivation. The fact is all work matters to God. God wants us to partner with him in whatever

work we do to serve others and accomplish his purposes. Joseph understood this even in his greatest

trials Joseph didn't develop a bad attitude even when his circumstances went from bad to worse

he didn't just get by because the work he had to do was clearly not his ultimate calling.

Joseph knew who he really was working for that was God. As a result Genesis 39 tells us that

the Lord was with Joseph four times. When Potiphar's wife kept approaching Joseph he said

my master has no concern about anything in his house. How can I sin against God?

Joseph recognized that his success came from God and he needed to honor God without fail.

Although Joseph chose to do what was right he was wrongfully accused, fired from his job

and thrown into prison. Even in the midst of unfair circumstances Joseph never stopped honoring

God and serving those around him. Once again God gave him favor with the prison warden.

We're going to experience unfair circumstances at work just as Joseph did.

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