day no. 16,877: wark and workship

Exodus 17:10-13

So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. But Moses hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

Joshua went to the work of war while Moses stayed to the work of praying. Both required work. Joshua's hands grew sore under the weight of his sword while Moses' hands grew weary under the work of praying. 

All good and godly work is worship and warfare. It is glorifying to God and it gives the darkness the fits.

2 Corinthians 10:3-5

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Chris.

Our work is warfare. It is wark! When we walk with the Lord, war is waged.

Our worship is warfare. It is warship! When we lift the name of the Lord on high, the high-minded come crashing down. 

Our worship is work. It is workship! It takes effort. A man rises to his fullest height when he falls to his knees before Christ.