Daily Devotion - Tuesday, April 13

Moving Toward Occupancy

“Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us,
and prosper for us the work of our hands –
O Lord, prosper the work of our hands.”
--A prayer song (Psalm 90:17)

In just a few weeks we will open the doors of a new facility. This week we focus our devotional life on how the rhythms of a new building can correlate with the rhythms of our personal life.

Today is Tuesday. We focus on structural work. For months and months we have entrusted the expansion of our facility to the working hands of others. For the most part, the hands of others beyond our hospital associates completed the structural work of our 205,000 square foot addition. A decision of faith was made. Work on the structure has taken a long time and the cost is far more than a few million dollars. In a few days we will have “substantial completion” of the project. Occupancy will still be a few months away as final details are completed.

In a similar way, each of us has structural work to be done so that the work of our hands will prosper. Physical structure, spiritual structure – both need our attentiveness. Just as the structural work at the hospital required lots of time and expense, it takes time and expense to have our physical and spiritual structures built on a good foundation, readied to face the storms of life.

This new work of our hands at Hendricks Regional Health is the result of hard work of laborers whose hands have formed this enormous structure. To the laborers, we offer our thanks for the work of your hands. May God prosper your work and ours in the days, weeks, months, years and decades ahead. Have a very good day.

--Ben Keckler
04.13.10