03 Take This Job and Love It Cure for the Common Life (MP3)

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How would you answer this question: Why do you have a job? If any activity is going to dominate a third of your life, shouldn't you be able to justify it? Of course. Why do you have a job? You can guess the myriad of answers to that question. "To make money." "To care for my family."  "To contribute to society."  "To prepare for retirement." These are our answers.

Want to hear God's answer? Perhaps Colossians 3:17 will give a clue, "Whatever you do or say, let it be as a representative of the Lord Jesus." The reason for your work is to represent Christ. God works through your work. Knowing that can give meaning to the boring job and power for the tough one. Your job matters to God because your job belongs to God.