Title

How Is Work?

Scripture
What profit has the worker from that in which he labors?
(Ecclesiastes 3:9)
Devotional
What profit do you have from that in which you labor? How sad that most people measure the profit of their labor monetarily. If the only thing you work for is financial gain, I would imagine that you have little happiness and no joy. Work is to be a good thing. Work is what God calls the thing He does. There must be more fruit to our labor than financial achievement. I am not indicating that monetary gain is insignificant. Nevertheless, there needs to be more to work than that. Proverbs says, “In all labor there is profit ” We are to profit financially, emotionally, spiritually and even physically. Furthermore we are to accomplish gain not only in our own lives, but the lives of others. We are to be an asset to those that employ us, especially if we are self-employed. Therefore, see your work as an intricate part of your ministry for the Lord. Work as if you are employed by Him, because you are.
Text For The Day
Ecclesiastes 3:9: What profit has the worker from that in which he labors?
Thought For The Day
No amount of wealth sets one free from the obligation to work—in a world God of which is ever working. He who works not has not yet discovered what God made him for, and is a false note in the orchestra of the universe.” George MacDonald  
Questions To Ponder
Morning Study Guide
Defining:  “Work”: “The very thing God calls the stuff He does. By simple definition, “work” is the activity that we do for the accomplishment of a purpose. “
 
Referencing: “Aspire to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business… work with your own hands… that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and that you may lack nothing,” 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12.
 
Applying: Plan your work and work your plan. And do so as unto the Lord every day.