Qohelet's Quest - Part Five - Work

For many people, work is constant. Even when they are not working as in a job for pay, they still are trying to make everything they do worthwhile. Enjoyment in doing something just for its own sake can make them feel as though time is wasted. Above that there is the desire to do something worthwhile with their vocation. People want to make a difference in life. They want to know that what they do matters.

The Gospel helps us as Christians put our work in the proper place. Foremost we must remember we serve the Lord with our work. In whatever He has called us to do, we are to do it unto Him. We don’t need to get caught up in trying to make work important to us. We are not serving ourselves for it. Also, we can take heart in knowing that what we do accomplish in our jobs and in work won’t be for nothing. The good things in life will ensure beyond the end of time. And lastly, we can rest in our salvation. Let us make sure “we enjoy ourselves, and not taking our work too seriously. We don’t have anything to prove to anyone. The Work is finished at Calvary and that work alone has unlimited meaning and value.” We cannot look to our work to justify our existence. Jesus justifies our existence.