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“All boats belong to Christ.”

A thought by Max Lucado (2011-05-02) from his book, Cure for the Common Life (p. 97). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)

This is a very good thought in realizing how we need to view our work.

Max says, “Your boat is where you spend your day, make your living, and to a large degree live your life. The taxi you drive, the horse stable you clean, the dental office you manage, the family you feed and transport—this is your boat. Christ shoulder-taps us and reminds: ‘You drive my truck.’ ‘You preside in my courtroom.’  ‘You work on my job site.’ ‘You serve my hospital wing.’ To us all, Jesus says, ‘Your work is my work.’”

Max goes on, “Have you seen the painting The Angelus by Jean-François Millet? It portrays two peasants praying in their field. A church steeple sits on the horizon, and a light falls from heaven. The rays do not fall on the church, however. They don’t fall on the bowed heads of the man and woman. The rays of the sun fall on the wheelbarrow and the pitchfork at the couple’s feet. God’s eyes fall on the work of our hands.”

He then says, “Our Wednesdays matter to him as much as our Sundays. He blurs the secular and sacred. One stay-at-home mom keeps this sign over her kitchen sink: Divine tasks performed here, daily. An executive hung this plaque in her office: My desk is my altar. Both are correct. With God, our work matters as much as our worship. Indeed, work can be worship.”

Earlier Max said, “Many people dread their work! Countless commuters begrudge the 83,000 hours their jobs take from their lives. If you’re one of them, what can you do? Change careers? Perhaps. Find one that better fits your design. But until you change, how do you survive? You still have bills to pay and obligations to meet. The problem might be less the occupation and more the outlook toward it. Before you change professions, try this: change your attitude toward your profession.”


So do you maybe need to change your attitude toward your work?

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