More than a J.O.B.

The venerable and wise Chuck Colson has a great column, called “More than a Job.” He says this:

“These days, when many jobs are becoming iffy or non-existent, Americans are very sensitive to the importance of having and keeping a job, no matter what. But if all we see in our job is a way of making a living, and perhaps finding a small measure of satisfaction, we’ve missed the main point of how our job fits into the total scheme of the work we’ve been given to do. Jobs are important – more than we may at first recognize.

Because where do those skills come from? And the resources to bend those skills toward goods and services, and the wherewithal to pay for those skills thus applied? Where does the fluid and flow of the economy come from, but from the hand of God?

Every job is a gift of God.”

Colson’s take is that a job is just more than something we should enjoy. A job is more than just a means to put a roof over our head.

But calling your work a “Gift” might be a stretch. Or is it?  Comment here.

Read the whole article here.

Thanks to Judy for the suggestion for this post.