What is your job description? Some are clearly defined: ride the back of the trash truck and empty trash cans into the truck at each stop. Others are loosely defined: be my personal assistant, show up at 8 every morning and do whatever I ask until I send you home. What is the job descriptionContinue reading “Don’t Make Your Job Complicated—Obedience is Simple. Jeremiah 22:3.”
Category Archives: Work
That One Distasteful Subject. Isaiah 48:17.
We don’t speak of it in polite conversation. We don’t think of it as a spiritual topic. No seeker climbs to the top of a mountain in the Himalayas to ask a Guru about it. Wall calendars with photos of sunsets and rainbows will never feature a poetic line on this theme. Yet, Jesus spokeContinue reading “That One Distasteful Subject. Isaiah 48:17.”
How Do I Get My Children to Follow the Lord? 2 Chronicles 24:24-25.
What do most immigrants to the United States want their children to do? Go to med school, of course! The idea has become such a stereotype, standup comics make millions telling jokes about it. But the stereotype is not untrue. Parents of every stripe, of every American ethnicity and culture have imagined their children asContinue reading “How Do I Get My Children to Follow the Lord? 2 Chronicles 24:24-25.”
WORK IS GOD’S PLAN, NOT GOD’S PUNISHMENT. Psalm 104:14,23.
I was obsessed. I woke up running and did not stop till dark. After school, I put on play clothes and was back outside. Life was adventures, tree climbing, pirates, hide & seek, baseball, bicycles, and more. I BELIEVED in play the way others believed in the Dallas Cowboys. PLAY was my team. I LOVEDContinue reading “WORK IS GOD’S PLAN, NOT GOD’S PUNISHMENT. Psalm 104:14,23.”
Hard Work Leads to Success. Hebrews 12:11
Self-discipline always pays off. It comes with its own rewards, whether dieting, sports, studying, or spiritual disciplines. Think about that as you begin a new year, a new semester in school, or simply a new week. If you are a student–or NOT a student–the discipline of reading and studying and turning off the TV andContinue reading “Hard Work Leads to Success. Hebrews 12:11”
THE SLAVERY WORK ETHIC. Colossians 3:22-23.
Slavery, as a rule, does not produce hard workers but people who LOOK LIKE hard workers. People will not work hard if they believe they have no control over their work. But slaves will say “yes sir,” and hustle and SMILE as though thrilled with their work. But once they’re out of sight, the smileContinue reading “THE SLAVERY WORK ETHIC. Colossians 3:22-23.”
Do You Get Tired of Working? Colossians 3:23.
The Bible encourages us to work hard and to shake off the weariness. You can do it! Unbelievers are sometimes quite lazy. Sometimes people are poor because they are unwilling to work in a regular or disciplined manner. Laziness is tempting. It’s hard to get out of bed, to hustle, to stay motivated. And thatContinue reading “Do You Get Tired of Working? Colossians 3:23.”
INCENTIVE. 1 Corinthians 9:7-10.
Satan is the father of lies; one of the worst is COMMUNISM. Communism KILLS. Karl Marx blamed the world’s problems on class warfare: the rich have the capital (money) and keep the poor impoverished, jealous, and resentful. Marx invented COMMUNISM: everyone works, the government takes everything, and then hands out money in a way thatContinue reading “INCENTIVE. 1 Corinthians 9:7-10.”
HARD WORK IS THE RIGHT THING. 2 Thessalonians 3:7-8, 10; 1 Thessalonians 4:11.
There is a notion that spiritual people should not involve themselves in hard work, but stay inside, keep their hands clean, think deep thoughts, and somehow make themselves more spiritual by doing less. That is ridiculous! Jesus had dirt under his fingernails. And a farmer’s tan. And scars on his hands from years of hardContinue reading “HARD WORK IS THE RIGHT THING. 2 Thessalonians 3:7-8, 10; 1 Thessalonians 4:11.”
THE AMAZING THRILL OF GREAT WORK. Matthew 11:28-30.
Have you ever experienced thrilling work? Been caught up in something bigger than yourself, knowing everything you do matters, that this will make a difference, that maybe this is what you were MADE TO DO? Have you worked to the point of exhaustion, yet felt the peace of knowing you were using your energy EXACTLYContinue reading “THE AMAZING THRILL OF GREAT WORK. Matthew 11:28-30.”
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