Does It Matter?

How do you think about work, your work? Is it an awesome experience each day? Is it filled with drudgery? Is it a calling? Or is it just a means to an end? Does it separate you from your faith or is it within the boundaries of your faith? So many questions, but what are your answers, or your one answer. Work is a daily experience that affects our lives. I know because I own and run my own small business, and if everything is taken to heart, some experiences are good while others are bad. Does this really matter? Yes, it does! Remember this. God designed us, built us, for work – read Genesis 2:15. It goes like this… “The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.” That’s right. God made us so that we should work, but something happened. Adam sinned and thereafter he was to toil the ‘ground’ to earn his own living, still working as God planned. The end result was not God’s plan. When sin came into this world it changed, and that can affect us in our work as well.

As a Christian man, a saved born again man, we can decide which way our daily work will affect us. With Jesus ruling in our lives it becomes easier to decide which route to follow daily. Ephesians 6:5-8 explains this to us clearly. Let’s read it, “Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ. Obey them not only to win their favour when their eye is on you, but like slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart. Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men, because you know that the Lord will reward everyone for whatever good he does, whether he is slave or free.” What a powerful verse! You must work with a smile on your face; one point understood from this verse. And secondly, it tells us clearly that we are really serving God at our work, whether you are an employee or employer.

We are really working for God each day, and He rewards us with what we possess. Yes, we earn money to live on, but it is from God; His blessing to us. So, does it matter when we work? Yes, it matters. God is always the first One we glorify each day as we work. Work is His gift to us, not His punishment. And it’s not even a necessary evil. This is how we’re brought in to His blessings; for His sons and daughters. In this way we are blessed and rewarded. It definitely matters how we work each day. He should be at the centre of it all. If not, then you and I have a problem. Therefore make it matter how you work daily and praise and thank God for each day and the rewards you receive. Amen…