Your Job

Received this email from Our Daily Bread Ministries, and though my job isn't that pressure (perhaps the biggest pressure is staring at Ah Ying because she got work to do and I got none haha), I find it very useful to be productive at work. Even if you don't have work, you'll eventually find out that you actually got work to do. HA. HA. So if I don't like my job, whether it's the current one or in future, I hope to remember this article and be motivated to work!

You can love it. You can hate it. You can find ways of getting it done or you can go to great lengths to avoid it. But whatever your attitude towards work is, one fact remains: we need to complete that task.

 

So the question is: Is it possible to find joy in our work—whatever that is? I would say yes even though it could be challenging at times, whether at home, in an office, in church or in a school.

 

As followers of Christ, we are called to do everything to the glory of God (Colossians 3:17). Our motivation for excelling in our job comes from knowing that we are serving God and not man. Apostle Paul reminds us: “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving” (vv. 23-24).

 

Be assured therefore that if we seek to glorify God in our work—be it in big or small task—God is well pleased. His pleasure gives meaning and significance to our job—and helps us find joy in doing even the most menial task.

 

So the next time you feel dissatisfied at work, why not pause and remember that God is pleased with you when you seek to glorify Him at your work?

:)