“Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might” (Ecclesiastes 9:10 NKJV)
People often try to look for easier ways to do things so that they may save time and money. Of course, there’s nothing wrong with this. However, a lot of people try to cut corners in everything that they do simply because they don’t want to work hard for what they desire to gain out of life.
Moreover, they will even go so far as to try to superimpose this approach on work for which there is no easier way to carry it out. As a result of this they fail and people get hurt in the process.
Furthermore, because they try to take an easy way out in everything they often miss out on great opportunities for fear of having to work too hard for success. Thus when they assume the task to be too difficult to bring their goals to fruition they perceive the work that needs to be done in order to get there to be wasteful, when in fact it could prove to be the most rewarding if they would but work a little harder.
Indeed, it is better to work hard and reap a lasting reward for your labor than it is to throw away an opportunity for success for fear of having to sweat a little in order to achieve its end.
But there is something else that I would like to bring to your attention here; and that is this: no matter what your occupation is, if it is one that you can honor God in and you are doing just that, then you hold the highest position that you can possibly have at this time. For there is no higher position in life than to be a servant of Jesus Christ!
Therefore, no matter how high or low your place may be in life, as long as you are serving the Lord you are where you need to be; and there is therefore no better place that you could be than in the arms of Jesus Christ, serving Him faithfully, day by day! Indeed, there is no shame in this at all.
The world will try to deceive you into believing that your place is out of place, because it does not rise up to meet its worldly expectations; but keep in mind that Jesus said that we should store treasure up in heaven, not on earth. And He said this for good reason too, because one day the world and all that belongs to it will burn up.
Nevertheless, the earth won’t be destroyed; rather, it will be renewed! And who will receive it? Those who store treasure up in heaven! So whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might and know that because you are serving the LORD in it you are doing a good work; and God will bless you for it!
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