Statistics often show that 70% to 80% percent of folks hate their jobs. I have come to learn in the midst of our current hardships, that it is not as important to have a higher paying, prestigious job, but rather one where you find fulfillment, purpose and joy in the undertaking. My prayer in my quest is now more ambitious than ever... With my heart in hand I now share with you folks, that my strongest desire is now to find such fulfilling work, as well as direction for my life and I sincerely hope and pray you do too!
I might add that this fulfillment, in and through our labors, does not just relate to our wage-earning labors and our career, but also in our work for the Lord in our churches and in our personal witness work for Christ. We may also way too often be worn out by even the noblest of our labors when we are not laboring in His Strength. We need to pray for God's strength for all our endeavors, as our strength is limited, but God's Might is Infinite.
I now pray for legacy, permanence and fulfillment not only for my labors down in the plains of Mamre, in the wage-earning worldly toils, but also for my labors in God's vineyard in Jerusalem, Samaria and the ends of the Earth, as those who know the Truth have been commissioned to labor in by Christ himself in Matthew 28:16-20.
Let us not forsake the one, for doing the other.
Godspeed Freeper Family!!!
I’m praying for you in your endeavors!
The Bible also says that “...the effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” May your prayers be unhindered.
Related thread:
THE PRAYER OF JOB
Long hidden in an obscure part of the Bible just before the Psalms (you may have to consult the table of contents to find it), the Book of Job is a revelation to many churchgoers. The book is based on statements of Job recorded in Chapter 14: vss. 1, 10, 22: "Man that is born of woman is of few days and full of trouble. Man dieth and wasteth away; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? His flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn"........"I picked up 'The Prayer of Job' at the local Joshua's Book Store, and the next day an inspector told us our house was infested with giant Formosan termites and toxic black mold. It was amazing how the text of the prayer reminded me of a simple truth...things can always get worse"....
....The theology of The Prayer of Job has become a matter of debate. Despite it's growing popularity, some theologians warn the book is pandering to a sado-masochistic streak in American religion akin to Presbyterianism. "Soon we'll be having to explain every bad circumstance as being solely from the hand of God rather than blaming it on Satan, the TV networks, Bill Clinton or the IRS," said Pastor Sid Precious of Holy Trinkets Church of the Kudzu in Raleigh, N.C. With The Prayer of Job as their guide, "people might not even need or want professional counseling at all." Bishop S.T.D. Takes of Greater Bullion Community Church in Houston, agreed. "Half my sermons are spent reassuring the congregation that God really isn't behind the bad things that happen to them; that if they just behave, pray more and give more, God will snap to the fact that he made a mistake and go back to fix it."
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