Ecclesiastes 3
“There is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work” v22
Do you enjoy your work?
Enjoy is a strange word.
I don’t think Bishop Peters of All Saints Church of Peshawar, Pakistan, is enjoying his work right now.
I don’t think Pastors around the world dealing with the evil that man does to man on a daily basis say they enjoy their work.
I don’t think Christians who face being bullied and ostracised at work because of their faith are enjoying their jobs.
Can we enjoy such work?
Perhaps enjoyment is found in realising two truths:
a) There is a time for everything.
b) There is a God in the centre of it all.
There is a time for everything: There were three sisters—ages 92, 94, and 96—who lived together. One night, the 96-year-old drew a bath. She put one foot in, then paused. “Was I getting in the tub or out?” she yelled. The 94-year-old hollered back, “I don’t know, I’ll come and see.” She started up the stairs, but stopped on the first one. She shouted, “Was I going up or coming down?”The 92-year-old was sitting in the kitchen having tea, listening to her sisters with a smirk on her face. She shook her head and said, “I sure hope I never get that forgetful,” and knocked on the wooden table for good measure. Then she yelled, “I’ll come up and help both of you as soon as I see who’s at the door.” Every experience has had a start and it will have an end. This season will come to an end.
There is a God in the centre of it all: He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, v11. The timeless God is present here right now in your work, working in time all things together for good.
We live, we work, we die, we enjoy only because God is here.
Yes. It is possible to enjoy.
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