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======Ideas for us 4 - Work: Everyone Contributes ...======
Monday, August 30, 2010. We continue with "ideas for us", ideas for our modern
world, ideas where we should go, what we could or should do. Ideas which can
shape our world since they attract humans and help to further develop society.
But we will also ask what God thinks about our ideas. We ask what he wants, what
he tells us about our ideas and our goals. We want to ask him to tell us his goals
and to guide us to a deeper understanding of the world we live in.
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**It is wonderful to contribute reasonable work! ...**
Work can be great. Work can also be quite difficult. That depends completely on the
type of work you do, on the work environment, on the gifts and talents you have and
on your educational preparation.
Also, in the same job there are usually things which you like and others, which
are not as nice. I work in research and development. I like to do research. I like
to do interaction with other researchers, with colleagues and people within my
group. I like less to do a lot of the administrative work which needs to be done
when you are part of a large organization or when you have employees and need to
care for all the contractual things. But there are other people who can do this
much better ... and they like what they do.
It is wonderful to contribute reasonable work to a project or goal which makes sense!
So we need something which makes sense, which we want. Then we need to find a place
where we can contribute valuable things, where our strength can develop and can
make their contribution. Then we need to place our work in this framework - or to
be placed there. Work is always something social, it has to do with others and
it cannot live or exist alone.
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**God wants our work and contributions ...**
The bible makes it quite clear: God wants us to work. God himself is a great worker,
the creation is called "God's work" in Genesis. The salvation which Jesus brings is
called "God's work". Even the development of the gospel today is called "God's work
in us". The apostle Paul even writes (2nd Thessalonians 3: 10) that a man, "who will
not work, shall not eat". So work is not only an option, but it is needed and
necessary.
God created mankind with the ability to work. He created us as social beings, who
need to work. To be happy, we need to find a place where we contribute to society
with our work, with our actions and our activity, day by day.
So one of the goals we have today is to work towards good work for everyone. We want
every human being on this planet to find a place where he or she can contribute
with reasonable work to the social environment and earn his or her living by doing
so. It is not a fancy goal to work towards this. It is God's will that we realize
it, that we help each other to live in him and become what we were created for.
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