Name: JOHN YATES
Topic: WORKPLACE GLORY
Content:
Workplace Glory
The Vision
Across the globe there is an intensifying realisation of the importance of work as a space to love, serve and glorify God. Today the Lord is speaking about his will to “fill all things” through equipping his people to serve him in their Monday to Friday world (Eph 4:10-12). To a generation which will rarely enter a church building the Old Testament prophets spoke of a day when “the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord” (Hab 2:14). This revelation-knowledge of God’s universal glory first entered our world when his eternal Word became a human being filled with all divine wisdom, knowledge, skill and discipline (John 1:1, 14ff.). In Jesus the glory of God first shone in his work at the carpenter’s bench (Mark 6:2-3; Luke 2:52). Since the Church of Jesus “is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all” we are called to shine forth the Lord’s glory in a world dominated by the workplace (Eph 1:23). God’s Spirit is calling all working Christians to embody the presence of Christ in their place of employment so lost men and women might see something of the glory of God and turn and be saved (Isa 45:22). For this to happen in Perth we must come together in prayer.
A Call to Prayer
Jesus wants to release his glory into all the various spheres of work: government, law, business, education, the arts and media, the sciences, health, and trades. In each of these distinct realms of work the Lord is raising up practitioners with insight into the authority God has given his people to confound evil destructive powers and promote godly order (Gen 41:39-41; Eph 3:10). These are men and women who have a vision of the glory of God in their workplace, a sense of God’s strategy in their spheres and a knowledge of what is holding back a move of the Spirit of God. This is their qualification to lead us in prayer.
Prayer Points:
A Call to Prayer
Jesus wants to release his glory into all the various spheres of work: government, law, business, education, the arts and media, the sciences, health, and trades. In each of these distinct realms of work the Lord is raising up practitioners with insight into the authority God has given his people to confound evil destructive powers and promote godly order (Gen 41:39-41; Eph 3:10). These are men and women who have a vision of the glory of God in their workplace, a sense of God’s strategy in their spheres and a knowledge of what is holding back a move of the Spirit of God. This is their qualification to lead us in prayer.
