With a busy term ahead…
Posted at 4:46 PM
The student worker at my church had some good words to say to us students while round his house on Sunday – paraphrased and condensed massively here.
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. Colossians 3:23-24, NIV
Two perils when it comes to work:
Being idle. We’re told to work, whatever we do, with all of our hearts, as we are serving Christ through it. The temptation can be to do the least we can get away with, even with a “good” motivation of leaving lots of time to serve the CU. That’s not the attitude we should have. We work hard! We’re serving Christ through our degree work, just as much as our involvement with the CU.
Making work an idol. You’ve got to love homophones. It’s also possible, at the other extreme, to make your work all that you care about. Those particular exam results become your focus, not God – you work to achieve a first, not to serve God. Yet we’re told to work as if for the Lord, because it is the Lord we’re serving. If we understand that, we’ll not idolise our work. As a result, we’ll be able to take time off and rest as well – which God made us to do too! God made work; work is good. It’s only good, however, when it’s in its right place. Money, marriage or music are gifts from God which, if we put them in the primary position, don’t ever satisfy. If we accept them as a gift from God, our ultimate treasure, then money, marriage and music are wonderful and we can appreciate them for what they are. It’s very similar with work. We’re designed to work, but also to take time off.
What’s this mean then in brief? Firstly, don’t be lazy. Secondly, get some rest!
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