Our church is currently ploughing through this at the moment - don't think we have a definitive answer - just lots of ponderings. Adam was mandated to toil the land and take ownership of it literally since the beginning of time. So maybe we were meant to *gulp* work? ("NooooooooooOOooooo........")
The Husband recently found out he's been held back for a promotion yet again, despite good performance reviews and feedback from left, right and center. He says it's not so much about the money, but rather the opportunity to grow and develop (though OF COURSE the money wouldn't be a bad thing, either!). He was feeling really down and underappreciated and stifled at work - and so the wife plagiarizes and emails some encouragement:
Ecclesiastes 9:10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the grave, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.
HOWEVER,
Luke 12:22-28 Don't fuss about what's on the table at mealtimes or if the clothes in your closet are in fashion. There is far more to your inner life than the food you put in your stomach, more to your outer appearance than the clothes you hang on your body. Look at the ravens, free and unfettered, not tied down to a job description, carefree in the care of God. And you count far more.
Has anyone by fussing before the mirror ever gotten taller by so much as an inch? If fussing can't even do that, why fuss at all? Walk into the fields and look at the wildflowers. They don't fuss with their appearance—but have you ever seen color and design quite like it? The ten best-dressed men and women in the country look shabby alongside them. If God gives such attention to the wildflowers, most of them never even seen, don't you think he'll attend to you, take pride in you, do his best for you?
We are certainly not confined to our jobs, although we are mandated to be best at what we do. So press on to be all you can be, but do not worry or fuss about it.
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