Working 9 To 5. Happy Labor Day Genesis 1:27-28; 2:8-9,15-17Work is a gift from God, not a curse.''The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it'' In Genesis 2, we read that God put Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Many people think that one of the perks of paradise was the absence of work. However, if you read Genesis 2 carefully, you'll discover that work was a part of God's original ''very good'' creation.The Grind of a 9-to-5 got you down?Tumble out of bed,And stumble to the kitchen,Pour myself a cup of ambition,And yawn and stretch and try to come to life.Jump in the shower,And the blood starts pumpin',Out on the streets, the traffic starts jumpin',For folks like me on the job from 9 to 5.Many of us struggle with the difficulty or the dullness of our work. (I've had some jobs that I didn't enjoy.) Someone has said, ''I hate how Monday is so far away from Friday and Friday is so close to Monday.''Work was a part of God's original plan for humanity. Work brings personal fulfillment. Work became difficult after the Fall. After Adam sinned, God said to him, ''Cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field. Work is not to be devalued by laziness or overvalued by workaholic. God's seven days of creation show us the importance of both work and rest. May we as Christ's followers see that we were created by God to work. And may we glorify God in our work.
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Coming from Arab, Alabama, and growing up in Tampa, Fla. I moved with my family to Georgia in 1969. I was saved by God’s marvelous Grace in September 1972 at Blue Springs Baptist Church located down the road from North Cobb High School in Acworth, Ga. Called to preach at 16...
