It’s Not a Job, It’s a Life

“Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds” is an old but good saying. I have a crazy hard work ethic. When I hire people, I say, “If I have to motivate you, I won’t.” I won’t micromanage anybody. I cast the vision, say where I want us to get to, state the core values, and say what we make a big deal out of. Then I say – this is the finish line, now, sic’em!  I totally expect godly people to be extremely hard workers.  My parents taught me that I had to work hard. A lot of people are just offended if they have to work hard; you have to get over that if you are a grown-up.

 Starting work early is important. If you don’t work in your teens, it’s harder to build a strong work ethic in your 20s and 30s. You need to experience dealing with a boss who is a knucklehead, and people who are no fun to work with. You get up when you don’t want to, and do things you don’t want to do, so you can have things that you want. Learn what motivates you and avoid what doesn’t. That is just wisdom. This is something incredibly important that we need to teach.  

 The Lord God blesses pursuit and blesses hard work.  It takes hard work to be a blessing. 

 I think the biggest deficit in the body of Christ, and the reason we live in a post-Christian culture in the United States, is that the world works harder than the church does. There’s a huge deficit of leadership in the body of King Jesus. We need people who have a vision and know how to carry out the vision and get kingdom stuff done.

Jesus worked hard. We find in John 5, He said, “My Father is always working, and so am I.” To have the mind of Christ, we must believe that, “It’s not a job I have, it’s a life I live.” Work to grow a good Kingdom harvest.