Working full-time is...exhausting, to say the least. I am currently out of school and working in retail full-time. There's a lot I could easily complain about but I think I do that too much already and I sincerely apologize to anyone who I've talked to in the past month- I tend to bring work up more than necessary. Being with the college saints this past weekend was really refreshing; I had the full weekend off from work and my view on work life was renewed. Win/win type of weekend.
Over the course of the weekend there were three small group sessions and we got to pick 3 different topics out of a handful to listen in on. The last small group time was this morning and I hadnt had a chance to sign up for a group so I ended up randomly choosing to sit it on one. It happened to be titled "Faith and Work". In all honesty I didnt think I would get hardly anything out of the time. Well, I did:
The one thing said that really struck me was that so many people try and find their identity in their work and we're all subconsciously (some consciously) thinking we need to work to earn salvation. Fact is, however, there is nothing we can do to earn our salvation. Salvation is by the grace of God alone. I dont think God could have made it any more simple than that either. Martin Luther had this revelation, that salvation was not earned by works. He also concluded that there are no "higher" jobs meaning no job on this earth is better than another yet people are so concerned with having the best job and having the best position in the company. We are just simply asked to work at what we are called to do and to put 100% of our effort into being a living sacrifice for Christ. Some people are called to be doctors, others engineers, artists, scientists, dog walkers, etc. No need to waste time idolizing other jobs or higher paying positions if God hasnt ordained it.
