I think it's less the concern of having to work (who doesn't like having something useful to do?), it's more about the nature of the work. If your daily grind consists of selling widgets to people who may or may not really need them, calculating the profit and loss of a shady organization, processing insurance claims, or completing endless account reconciliations, then life can seem like a tedious process of going nowhere fast, using up the best years of your life fulfilling someone else's purpose rather than adding real value to the world.ajax wrote: ↑February 8th, 2018, 7:10 am
The daily grind is ordained of heaven:
What's that saying? It's the journey that matters, not the destination.19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Nothing against "careers", as such. But I'd much rather be building Zion or performing a task that makes life better rather than simply upholding the kingdom of Babylon. Adam, cast off from the Garden of Eden, certainly toiled by the sweat of his brow to provide for his family. I doubt he ever felt unfulfilled by such a task because there was a direct connection between his efforts and the livelihood of his family, not to mention the task of "quickening" the soil is an honorable one and of a godly origin. His life had a purpose, but the work it took to sustain his family also didn't diminish or take away from his primary focus - returning to live with God.
What if Adam had spent his days as a used donkey salesman? I doubt he could have made it 930 years without a severe case of depression.
Again, nothing against careers. They are useful in that they pay the bills. But sometimes, in the midst of the daily commute and the long hours spent at a desk, one begins to wonder if this was how we were meant to spend our lives or whether there might be a greater purpose we are somehow missing out on.
