"Then the real power of the encouragement came. Bridges quoted Isaiah 49:4, “I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity, yet surely my right is with the Lord and my recompense with my God.”
What powerful words! Not what Piper or Bridges said. No, no, the words of Isaiah.
As long as we labor, it doesn't matter if we fail, as long as we keep laboring! I don't know about you, but this is not something my boss agrees with. If I fail at work, I have to fix it. Trust me, it happens a lot.
And therein lies an interesting correlation. I have been struggling with my job because I feel like I'm not very good at it. I've felt like it's time to move on because I'm not bringing God glory in a job that I stink in.
But it would seem that if I keep toiling, He will still reward my work and my recompense will be with Him. I had to look up recompense. Dictonary.com defines it thus:
1.to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid, etc.
2.to pay or give compensation for; make restitution or requital for (damage, injury, or the like).
So I'm going to keep on keepin' on and when it is time to move on, God will move me. Because the way I see it, God's not going to reward me for success, He's going to reward me for work.
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