Work, Work, Work

When it comes to work, we look at our “job” as the vehicle we use so we can live like we really want to live: free. Freedom to do what we want, when we want, and how we want, and work for some, is the necessary evil that is required to accomplish this. Not to condemn this, but isn’t there more to life than spending over half of it working so we can live the other half as we want to?

I am not suggesting that we all need to find the “perfect” job, because as I see it, there really is no such thing. We live in an imperfect world, full of imperfect people trying to get along, so they can continue moving on. So that being said, if there is no perfect job to be had, how do we get to a place where we can enjoy our work? This is really a simple process, but this does not mean it is easy. Finding joy in your work is not solely found in the “type” of work you are doing, but in the “whom” you are doing the work for.

Look at this verse:

Colossians 3:23 ESV
“Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,”

What would your “work” look like if you approached it as if you were doing it for God? Would you come at it with the same attitude and way you do now? We need to be living lives as followers of Christ, and pursuing the things of Him first, and not the things for us first. This is how we change everything: this changes the world we are living in by changing who we are living for in it…it can also change who our kids are living for too.

So it’s not so much about the work you have, but who you do the work you have for.

In His Grip,

Pastor Pat