Workaholics!

Workaholics!

For those who cannot stop working, you have a Bible verse!
2 Thessalonians 3:8
“We worked night and day …”
And this was Paul’s model!
How many hours do you work in a week?
During a time when most people worked up to 16 hours a day, it was Henry Ford, (founder of the Ford cars) in the 1920s who reduced the hours for his work force to that of 8 hours, 5 days a week.
The reason for the reduction was so that his employees had time to shop and especially to go and buy the cars they were producing! It was consumer driven!
There is always a reason. So why did Paul say what he said?
The phrase that Paul used was obviously indicating that he and his team worked hard whilst they were with them. It was a model to be copied. So what was the model:
1. Work hard.
2. Be a contributor not a taker.
3. Don’t deny help given.
4. Pay your way.
5. Doing nothing is a break; doing nothing continually is lazy.
6. Adopting this ethic may be tiring but don’t give up.
7. Don’t mix with those who don’t follow this model.

So whatever you do today, however you work, then do it unto the Lord.