There is something satisfying about working hard and seeing something accomplished as a result. I was thinking a bit about the difference between work and toil today as I helped the McKinnons put new flower beds into their yard.
We were created to work. Work is meant to be satisfying and productive. God created Adam and put him to work tending the garden. He had a job to do with a goal of extending it to the ends of the earth. I imagine Adam worked hard. But he worked hard on the things God had given him to do and in the way God taught him to do it, and therefore it was productive and satisfying. We were not made to toil. Toil is putting in a lot of effort without much result. (Well that is my definition.) This is what the dictionary says about toil: to engage in hard and continuous work; labor arduously. It implies difficulty and pain.
Today we worked hard but the results were satisfying. Now I am ready to rest.
Totally. I loved this verse this week from 1 Chronicles 28 about work.
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I like that. Thanks for sharing :)
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