So
many people detest their work and yearn for an opportunity to make changes. Others
shift the emphasis from work to leisure because work fails to provide satisfaction. Some individuals in
their mid-life years seek change by taking dangerous risks because of
disappointment and burn-out with their work.
In Luke 12:16-21 Jesus conveys a story
about a farmer who became wealthy, but because of a misguided attitude toward work
and leisure, he failed to reap the harvest of his labor. Work and leisure fail
to bring satisfaction and meaning when God is excluded from our choices. God's
desire is to be included so we can feel blessed and enriched by him.
Permit
yourself to see work as God's gift and as an avenue for expressing your love to
Christ Jesus. He not only saves us from our sins and but saves us from negative
attitudes that ruin our joy and happiness. Ecclesiastes 2:26 is instructive.
"To the one who pleases God, he gives wisdom, knowledge and
happiness." Seek to please God with all your heart.
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