Donkey Work

Nobody likes monotonous and routine work which just have to be done. It is made worse when you are feeling under the weather and find work -- all manner of work to be a drudgery. 

Ya, it is time for you to go for a retreat, take a hike or get as far from work as best as you know how. 

You need a reset before you exceed your limit and suffer a mental meltdown. Watch your words which are springing forth from your heart. When you are spewing negative remarks, including profanity, please note that this a clear warning sign that your body is reacting to your inner turmoil. Take action and seek help. If you lack idea, seek help from a confidante or explore with Google  search.

That said, donkey work is in the scheme of your work life or business. They need to be done by you along with other seemingly more important or higher valued stuffs within, say, strategic planning and business development.

Have Hellen Keller's attitude of: "I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble". Indeed, your uncompromising approach to small things and attention to details speak volume of how you do everything else.

                                                         Photo by Alfredo Mora on Unsplash

  

In Christendom, you are the workmanship of God created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared beforehand. 

Today is Palm Sunday and on that first Palm Sunday in Israel, Jesus needed a ride to enter Jerusalem. The creator of the universe and King of kings has a need and He knew exactly who to call upon.

Jesus sent two disciples, "saying to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Loose them and bring them to Me. And if anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord has need of them,’ and immediately he will send them.” All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying:

“Tell the daughter of Zion,

‘Behold, your King is coming to you,

Lowly, and sitting on a donkey,

A colt, the foal of a donkey.’ ” (Matthew 21:2-5; NKJV)

With the development of a vaccine to combat Covid-19, we are that much safer. The curse of sin needed a cure, too, and Jesus became that antidote when He died as the Lamb of God that takes away our sins on Good Friday.

On the week leading to Good Friday at the kairos moment in the fullness of God's time, the humble nameless donkey heeded the call and walked into Jerusalem as Jesus would have walked and had the honour of carrying the King of Kings on its back! No Bentley or Rolls-Royce could hold up against that donkey. God is gracious enough for us to be partaker of His divine works and plans.

Hey, if God can use a donkey, He can use you, too! You may not be perfect but you are an original, and you have a divine destiny. Get on with your donkey work and do everything heartily as unto the Lord God Almighty.

If you need help, call upon Jesus today just as the people did on Palm Sunday  when they cried "Hosanna!" which means "God saves us now!"

This is God's 'telephone number' JER333:-

" '‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’ (Jeremiah 33:3; NKJV)

And, this is God's assurance:-

"But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. (Hebrews 11:6; NKJV)

Have a reflective Palm Sunday.