The Bible actually begins with a work scene! God Himself is on the job, making the heaven and earth!

The day God created Adam, for example, He was at work. Getting His Hands dirty one might say! Yes, the first man was created from the ground, the dirt, the dust of the earth!

When God has perfected His Paradise in which Adam and Eve were to live, he gave them jobs to perform as well! This is before sin entered into the world, by the way! Genesis 2:15 … “And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.”

Come to think of it, when Jesus came to earth, the Virgin Birth, He was a carpenter! That’s work, for sure!

In this day in our Country when places of business are begging for workers, because people would rather depend on the government to clothe and feed them, I fell that the “work ethic” of the Bible again needed to be highlighted!

“And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.” Sure sounds like work to me … Colossians 3:17.

Now, a word to us Preachers!

Alexander Maclaren, pulpiteer of yesteryear, was up and at it … by 4:00 every morning … studying the Scriptures! He said that he would not still be resting in bed when the men of his Church were already on their jobs!

Work!

Was Paul a worker? Question asked. Question answered!

Will I be lazy in the charge God has given me? Or will I be diligent, industrious?

God smiles on work, proper work!

“Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, DO IT WITH THY MIGHT; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.” Ecclesiastes 9:10, work while you can!

“I must WORK THE WORKS of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.” John 9:4, so said our Lord!

Let’s be busy, until Jesus comes!

— Dr. Mike Bagwell

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