Where is the Profit?

  Have you ever felt that no matter what you do or how hard you work you never seem to get ahead? It becomes frustrating when our efforts are poured into something and we don’t seem to see the profit in it. Often that frustration comes from expecting immediate results and not waiting for the proper sowing and harvest time.

  When a farmer sows his seed it would be insane for him to think he can harvest the crop the next day. If he tried to plant a crop in an area that is not suitable to the plant he is trying to cultivate that would be foolhardy. If he did expect this he would become very frustrated with being a farmer.

  In all labor and efforts the reward does not always come immediately or through our own strength. Often it takes much time to finally see results happening. We also need to make sure we are working in the proper way and in the area that God wants us. What we need to realize is that God blesses effort and work, and views it as being very profitable if we are under His will and in the place He has put us.

Proverbs 14:23 – “In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.”

  Just talking about something will never get anything done and only lead to poverty. That is what the word penury means. Getting busy and actually working for the Lord is where the profit comes into play.

  Nothing will ever come easy in this life but we have a God who is willing to put His strength into those who are willing to work for Him.

Ecclesiastes 9:1a – “For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God:”

  That is the key. We can work ourselves into the ground and never accomplish a thing. Yet, if we are following God’s will He supplies the strength and our labor produces much profit. Don’t just work for your own sake, but work for the Lord and His will. That is where the profit comes from and that is where your resource for refreshment comes from. Where is the profit? The profit is found in working for the Lord and not self.