Proverbs 31:18: She perceives that her merchandise is good, and her lamp does not go out by night.
Insight
In her labor she finds profit, nor does her lamp go out by night, for she realizes the importance of being ever watchful as well as energetic. How many a soul has sadly failed because, while there was great activity, the corresponding watchfulness was not maintained! The lamp of testimony has been allowed to burn very dimly, or to die out; and forgetting the place and portion of children of light, the careless soul has been found, as though a child of darkness, sleeping among the dead. 1
Application
Brethren, our labor and toil; for laboring night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God. 1 Thessalonians 2:9
Whatever it is that God has asked you to do, will you do it to the best of the ability that He has given to you? When you are available for His service, it will often require labor, toil, and late night exhaustion without much sleep. Very few people are willing to press on when everything seems to be against you. That is when we need to trust Him the most, and that is how He gets the greatest glory. Pray to experience greater perseverance in your Christian walk, through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Motivation
For you yourselves know how you ought to follow us, for we were not disorderly among you; nor did we eat anyone’s bread free of charge, but worked with labor and toil night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you. 2 Thessalonians 3:7–8
When you labor for Him, you experience His power underwriting your weakness. – TWEET IT
Prayer
Father, thank You for giving me all I need to do Your work, Your way.
1. Ironside, H. A. (1908). Notes on the Book of Proverbs (p. 476). Neptune, NJ: Loizeaux Bros.
