Why Are You Working?

 ^“Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.”

-John 6:27

We live in a generation of lazy men.

There’s no way around it. Most men don’t want to work.

If you ask a psychologist or professor why many men don’t want to work, they would probably give you an academic answer with statistics and science.

I think the answer is a bit more simple.

I think most men don’t want to work because it feels pointless. It feels meaningless. The men feel hopeless.

I get it. I’ve been there.

If we’re lucky, we’ll work from the age of 22 to 65 and then retire. We’ll live for another 15 to 20 years before passing away. And some men will work much longer years and never even be able to retire.

You work, and you work, and you work, and by the time you’re done working you realized that you probably should have worked even more.

So why are you working?

When He was here on Earth, Jesus talked a lot about how we spend our time. He knew what it was like to work, and He knew that we would spend most of our lives working.

But Jesus told us that we shouldn’t be working only for human bread. We should be working for “food that endures to eternal life.”

When He told everyone to work for the food of eternal life, no one understood what Jesus meant. So later on, in John 6:35, Jesus told everyone that “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.”

Work here on Earth will be tough. But we know that we’re truly working for something greater than just earthly wages.

We’re working for eternal life. And that’s only possible through Jesus Christ.

Maybe you’re reading this in the morning before you go to work. Maybe you’re reading this while you’re at work. Or maybe you’ve just finished a full day of work and are now just reading this newsletter.

Whatever the case may be, you’re probably tired of work. But here’s my encouragement for you:

By working for eternal bread, your work here on Earth will become easier.

Knowing that we’re working for an eternal life in Heaven makes the burden of earthly work so much less severe. It gives us a new perspective on work when we remember that Jesus went through crucifixion and death on a cross so that we might one day be with Him in Heaven.