These days we may sometimes hear a coworker say something like, "I ain't doing it for nothing!" A couple of years back that didn't happen as employers found themselves with a weak jobs market due to the Great Recession. Employees, fearful of joining the legions of the unemployed, did in fact take on extra work for nothing. As the economy recovers, workers may one day find the ability to give a firm 'no' once again, and get to keep their jobs. Your situation at work may of course have nothing to do with the recession or recovery.
Sometimes our work for Christ seems like all work and no pay. This is obviously the wrong view and fails to take into account the value of eternal life given to us by the sacrifice Jesus made on the cross. God gave everything to save us; who are we to demand something so corruptible as money? These sorts of thoughts are the flaming darts of the devil that Paul warned us about. God withholds nothing that is needful for us, including His wonderful Word and the Holy Spirit our guide and advocate. We have protection we do not know and provision we sometimes fail to realize in this life. And, in the end, Jesus promises to return and bring His reward with Him. We labor not for naught!
When the evil thoughts fall away and we get to that place where the return of our Lord is reward enough for all our labors, then, Jesus returns with reward for all our labors! Blessed be the name of our Lord Jesus!
Bucky
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