Hardwork

Lay-Zee Boy

Recently I have realized how good work actually can be.  I have a long history of laziness or the "That's not my job",...or even the "Someone else could do it" look on my face when asked to do something productive and meaningful.  Believe it or not I've missed out on so many good opportunities to work hard and see yield from it.  Since the tail of 2010, I was getting kicked in the balls by my bosses and fellow comrades because of my laziness and unwillingness to step to the plate of meaningful work.  In all actuality I became a burden and a liability when I was supposed to be an asset through taking part in the work load.  

Men lead by working

One thing I learned that as a man it is my very responsibility and nature to be a hard worker.  A man has responsibility to manage the home, provide for his family, work a job, love a wife, maintain the house, car etc., and lead other men(depending on what it is).  This takes a lot of hard work.  When I was single I had no idea what type of work it took to provide for a family or maintain a home or vehicle.  At the very heart of this responsibility was leadership.  Imagine this, a man who owns a business who is always late and never follow through with commitments.  At the same time, he's not disciplined and irresponsible and not a good listener because he always forgets or gets the wrong thing from the grocery store disappointing his wife.  As a result we fail. And when we fail whoever is following us fails too.  But the failure of who is following you are totally accountable for them.  Hard work in this regard can be defined in these areas that we are constantly faced with daily.  The question is, how hard and diligent will we work at accomplishing them?  Will we be good leaders by following through with commitments and therefore build trust? Will we be good listeners to follow instructions to be good providers?  These things are necessary if we seek to be men, men who lead by being diligent and hardworking.

 

Paul?

Biblically the Apostle Paul found no use for men who were idle or unwilling to work.  I'm reminded of the book of Philemon, when Philemon's indentured servant Onesimus ran away from his master Philemon, when he damaged or stole Philemon's property.  Onemisus had an encounter with Paul in prison.  Paul shared the gospel with Onesimus and Onesimus responded and began to follow Christ.  After that, Paul found Onesimus somewhat useful to his ministry.  Onesimus being a servant and all must had some great work ethic(he was a servant) to where Paul was willing to keep Onesimus with Himself instead of sending Him back to His master.  Paul knew what to look for in men.  He knew if men were useful to him the the work of the gospel simply because the gospel required much more that preaching but serving, working, helping, delivering and teaching(making disciples).     

On The Job

Had a horrific Snow day last week and my first thought when I woke up that morning was "Snow day!", I'm staying home.  My wife didn't help in that regard.  As I got dressed and tied my boots to hit the road, my wife said in a caring voice "call your boss and see if you have to come in"? I responded "He didn't call me so I'm going in.  We had about 10 inches of snow on our rd.  I gunned the daddy wagon through the snow down the street to get to work.  I finally arrived and on time.  I grabbed a shovel and got to work on our grounds. I looked up theres Dallas Gatlin and Nate Oliver.  As we stood shoulder to shoulder shoveling not just our property but our neighbors as well to do gospel in our neighborhood, and then to enjoy a warm cup of cocoa with our friends as we warmed up from a hard day of work, we enjoyed every moment of it.  Thankful for hard work! What do you think?