Priorities: our Work Life ...

Monday, August 22, 2011. What is the main priority for my life? Most of us spend one third of their hours in their business - in an office or carrying out services for our employer. We sleep another third. And then there is time needed to commute, to eat, to carry out little things in our household …

The Role of our Work? …

When we spend most of our time working in our job, that seems to indicate that it is quite important for us. What is the role of our work for or life?

Clearly, humans are given the ability to carry out work. We are productive and creative beings. Our days have 12 to 16 hours of time which is available for doing things … so it seems natural that we use it to do what we would like to do and to do what is needed for our life!

If you look into what work life is able to generate, we soon realize that all our societies generate a lot more than what is needed to live. Of course, we need food and we need clothing, we need a place to live. But that is it, if we would just work for what is needed, then we all would be well off. But we would like to have good food, we would like to have nice clothing and we want a place to live which is spaceous, beautiful and in a good neighborhood.

God asks us to think about our time …

When I read the bible I realize again and again that God wants me and every human on the planet to think about the priorities we set day by day. He wants us to think about what is imporant in life and where we put our time in. He wants us to realize that life is fantastic and that we should spend our time wisely …

God wants us to be with him all the time. He wants us to live in his presence and let him influence our decisions. We need to talk in more detail, what that can mean. It does not mean to work and work without ever looking up to him. Christians of former centuries shaped the principles of “ora et labora” (pray and work), setting the prayer to the first place, and work right there into the second.

How do you want to shape your life? How do you want to spend your time? Is your work fascinating? What goals do you have with your days? That will be the topic of this week … ... more texts