Psalm Meditation 932
Fifth Sunday of Easter
April 29, 2018

Psalm 134
1 Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, who stand by night in the house of the LORD!
2 Lift up your hands to the holy place, and bless the LORD.
3 May the LORD, maker of heaven and earth, bless you from Zion.
(NRSV)

At shift change in some companies there is a group meeting in which someone reminds those coming on that this is a great company and we do well to give our best, especially on this shift. If that is the case here, people are coming on to the night shift. They don’t need any instruction as to their duties on their shift, that has already been done. They do need a reminder of why and for whom they are at work tonight.

If the company for which we work does not have a cheerleading session as we start the day, and even if it does, we can take a moment on our own to bless God for all that God is and does with and for us. And we can ask God to continue to bless us as we go about all that is before us as we work. May we be a blessing to those with whom we work, for whom we work, and may our work being a blessing to the end user of our work.

This psalm is a simple reminder to work in the presence of God, to be a servant of God, and to receive the blessings God gives to us in this particular time. The company for which we work may not have service to God as their prime directive; that does not mean that we can’t serve God through our work.

April 23, 2018
LCM