God chose to work

Work is a blessing from God. John 5:16-20
It is not a consequence of the fall.
Before man ever fell, he had been asked to care for the garden.
What a joy! What a privilege to be asked by God to do something.
In Turkey hard work is highly respected.
However, work itself doesn’t really have any value for us unless
it has the right goal. To work for work’s sake is no joy.
Can you imagine somebody asking Jesus, “what do you do for work?”
Jesus would respond by saying,” I walk and talk with people.”
How unproductive it sounds? How irresponsible?
The words that he spoke had more value than anything else that
man could say or do to another man.
How about his greatest work on the cross?
Without the perfect motivation of love and the glorious goal of
salvation, it would have looked just a sad end of a failed life.
God himself is working, not just functioning.
The difference between these two is that work always involves
a choice. God chose to do something.
It’s the same with us. We are not just functioning. We are working
as Christians. We daily choose to love, speak and to encourage.
“Night is coming when no one can work”. John 9:4
The opportunity for choices will come to an end.
Yes, maybe our circumstances to work are difficult and even
discouraging, but they could be worse. We love to work.
Turkey also has twelve hours in the day. John 11:9