HOW TO ENJOY YOUR WORK

HARD WORK -Is It Outdated?

Alex sighs as he lifts another box onto the truck of the moving company he works for.  'Why am I stuck in this dead-end job?'  he asks himself. 'When am I going to hit it big?  My life would be so much better if I didn't have to work!'

Like Alex in this scenario, many today do not enjoy working hard.  "A lot of people think that it's beneath them to do 'menial' work," says an auto mechanic named Aaron.  "Their attitude is:  'I'm only doing this until a better opportunity comes along.' " 

Why do many feel that hard work is not for them? Perhaps they have been influenced  by the media, which often portrays an "ideal" life as one of luxury and ease.   "People think that the harder you have to work to make a living, the less successful you are," says Matthew, a maintenance worker.  A janitor named Shane has noticed the same trend. He says:  "A full day's work for  full days' wage is something that people simply do not do anymore." 

On the other hand, many successful people actually enjoy hard work.   "I think that hard work is extremely rewarding, especially when its directed toward worthwhile goals," says a 25-year-old construction worker named Daniel. Andre, 23, would agree.  "I believe that happiness and hard enjoyment are linked to work," he says.  "Less work and activity is not a venture that will lead them to long-term happiness-only long-term boredom!" 

How have people like Daniel and Andre developed a positive view of hard work?  Simply put, they have applied Bible principles in their life. Far from discouraging hard work, the Bible promotes diligence and perseverance.  But the Bible does more than just tell us to work. It also shows us how to enjoy our work.

Which Bible principles can help you to find satisfaction in your work?  We invite you to consider a few of them, as discussed in the following article. 

Note: Food for thought.  Did you ever stop to think, that if everyone owned their own business so they would not have to work, what would happen? Well, for one, it takes work and money to start a business and  it could take years before it is successful, plus, you have to have good business sense and ready to ride along with the competition.  Also, if everyone owned their own business, where would your customers come from?  If you have any, you would only have the children  as your customers and they would have to be of age.  But someone would have to stay home with the smaller ones. There would be no one to babysit, except for the Grandmothers and Grandfathers, if they are able and not deceased.   So,as to the above, notice I said it take work to start a business and you have to have employees, who do not have their own businesses.    God says in the Bible, that, that is our lot in life, to work and to feel that we have accomplished something to be proud of.  We have  to work to make money to pay rent/mortgages, food, clothing, utilities, medical and transportation.  Anything else is  materialistic. We are basically suppose to live with only the basics so we do not get spoiled and lazy, which is what has happened to the majority in this world, thanks to all the stupid technology that everyone thinks they have to have; to all the dance lessons, tennis lessons, hockey lessons, and anything else that ruins our personality and takes us away from worshipping God.  Think about that! 

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From the Watchtower magazine