Having A Mind To Work
Over 150 years ago, Fanny J. Crosby penned the words to a hymn which many of us have grown up singing. The words to this hymn call for a response on our part and are still just as powerful today as they were then. The name of the hymn is “To The Work.”
We find a statement by Nehemiah as he recounts the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem in the latter half of the fifth century B.C.
“So we built the wall and the whole wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a mind to work” (Nehemiah 4:6).
No single person could have accomplished the work or rebuilding the walls and replacing the gates. It took both leadership on Nehemiah’s part and cooperation on the part of the people. Everyone had a place to fill and a job to do. The same is true for all of us here today: We must work together if we are to finish the work God has given us to His glory.
“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord” (1 Corinthians 15:58).