Work Is Hard – Ken Ebright
“You will sweat and work hard for your food. Later you will return to the ground, because you were taken from it. You are dust, and when you die, you will return to the dust,” (Genesis 3:19 NCV).
Like most people, I’ve had some hard jobs along the way. My first job was as a production assistant at a local origination cable access channel. The management wanted to downsize staff, however (including my position), and spend less money on new equipment.
I also worked for a television home shopping channel. The equipment was better, but some of the people were hard to work with. I was a camera operator, and one of the directors was very picky about how people composed their shots—even after I was promoted to the title EFP lighting lead. I also had an assistant that was very lazy and would call in sick to get out of doing things.
I’ve also worked as a courier. I would drive more than two hundred miles a day. The repair bills for my car were expensive. I worked as well as a mail processor, but the machine that I used broke down frequently. Sadly, because of Adam and Eve’s sinful disobedience as told in the book of Genesis, we have the curse of sin in the world. That means work is not typically going to be easy, but hard.
God put us on this earth to work, and if we don’t work, we can’t eat. However, it’s important to understand that we’re never going to find a perfect job, so we need to learn how to be thankful for our current job. The wonderful thing about being a Christian is we are not alone. Jesus promised that He will never leave us. He can help us get through tough work situations. We need to pray and trust Him. Will you trust the Lord with your work situation?
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