There’s a great movement in our day to equip Christians for marketplace ‘ministry’.  The ‘movement’ is based on the understanding that when we are working in our God-given purpose, we are in ministry.  Even if we are only our way to discovering our true purpose, we are in the marketplace as believers and ought to be conscious of the impact we are having.

I buy into the concept - in fact went to a huge conference in January that gathered over 500 people who ascribe to or work in what is now called “market place ministry”.  But what I really buy into is the understanding that our work is our worship.

Gone is the idea that we only ‘worship’ on Sunday’s and we do it in a building with a particular label over the door (or at least on the neon sign out front).  Too often in the past, folks who would identify themselves as ‘Christian’ would put on dress-up clothes; head for a building called “church” and ‘practice their faith’ or whatever term the particular label applied to “attending church”,  to ostensibly worship.

We all have experience with folks who fit the above mold who practiced a different model Monday through Friday in the ‘marketplace’ - right?  Anything but. . .!

The pendulum is swinging!  Swinging to a more correct understanding of what Christian Scripture means when talking about “praying unceasingly” or “worshipping at all times”.  The simple fact is that when we are fulfilling the purpose for which we were ordained, then we are worshipping. Why?  Because we are accomplishing the will of the Father and that’s ultimately why each of us were created.

And no matter what any theological type wants to tell us - we are all ‘ordained’ to accomplish the purpose for which we were put on earth.  And when we do - we are practicing our ‘ordination’ - and worshipping in the truest sense of the word.

So when you go into the marketplace on Monday morning; remember that you are carrying your Sunday worship with you.  You didn’t leave it in the pew when you left the building.  It ought to be an extension of the communal experience of meeting together on Sunday - that extends throughout each day of the week.

And we are encouraged to practice it at the water cooler on Tuesday afternoon; in the breakroom over lunch; or the breakfast meeting with a new business prospect.  We’re equally encouraged to remember it when in traffic or stopped for construction. . . whatever life occurrence comes our way in the hours that follow noon on Sunday.

My desire for you today is that you’ll carry worship in your heart each day of the week and that you will be richly blessed because you do!

Have an awesome day!

Linda