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Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Work Can Bring Fulfillment and Joy




            Have you had your Joy Juice today?  Sure hope you had a great Labor Day and that you had a “break” from work!

            Many of you may be back at work today after the long Labor Day weekend! If so, are you thankful to be back?  Are you grateful for your job? Do you praise the Lord that you are physically able to go to work?  Sometimes we talk about work as a negative thing, but let’s remember that God calls us to work and to serve him with our labor.  We are designed to be fulfilled when we are working…whether it’s inside or outside the home.

            Open the book of Genesis and it doesn’t take long to see that the Garden of Eden was never a place of idleness.  It was a place where mankind would work, grow, and develop the things of God.

            Genesis 2:15 says: “The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.” 

            Just as God put Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, He has placed you and me in our places of work and service.  If we will look at our situation through the lens of His provision and goodness, then we will find opportunities of service and joy…no matter where we are!

           Though our works have nothing to do with getting us to heaven, let’s never forget that work, itself, is a blessing from God; and a way to serve Him and others as we spread His love and joy!


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