Most
Americans believe work should be a source of reward by providing meaning and
purpose as well as financial security. Linus Carl Pauling, winner of the Nobel
Prize for Chemistry and the Nobel Peace Prize was known for his carefree
enjoyment of life. "I just went about doing what I liked to do." He
liked to do almost everything, whether trivial or difficult.
Even in his nineties Linus Pauling
possessed the enthusiasm and curiosity of a young person. Life was not easy growing
up in poverty or working at menial jobs as a teenager and college student. Yet
he found harmony between these trivial jobs and his work during the rest of
life. He followed the encouraging advice of Colossians 3:23. "Whatever you
do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, for it is Christ Jesus
you're serving."
God
told Adam he would have to work to make a living, but he promised to be his help and guide. When you choose to work
as if working for the Lord, you're in a position to receive what Colossians
3:24 calls an inheritance from the Lord. Wouldn't that be wonderful?
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