In honor of Labor Day

Article adapted from Cripplegate.com

http://thecripplegate.com/labor-daze-4-truths-not-covered-in-job-orientation/

"In honor of Labor Day here are four truths your PR department probably didn’t cover in your orientation package…"


God created man to work [the Garden] and before sin entered, it was very rewarding.

1. Work is a gift
Ecclesiastes 2:24 There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God. {should make...: or, delight his senses} 3:22 Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?


2. Work has been cursed However since sin entered, "That said, work bites."
Ecclesiastes 2:18 Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. … 22 For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun? 23 For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity. 6:7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. {appetite: Heb. soul}


3. Work is not always for moneyProverbs 31:27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.

"Though her remuneration is less tangible than a paper paycheck, her industrious contribution to the family and society and God’s kingdom should be valued beyond the spot price of gold."

4. Work is about worship   Colossians 3:22

Servants, [interns/secretaries/cubicle dwellers] obey in all things your masters [shift-leaders/project managers/ board of directors according to the flesh; not with eye-service [e.g. minimizing your Facebook window as your boss walks in the door],, as men-pleasers [brown-noses],; but in singleness of heart, fearing God: 23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men [wages/profit-sharing/commission],; 24 Knowing that of the Lord [not your union and not your retirement fund] ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.