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“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money” (Matthew 6:24, NIV).
Growing up, money wasn’t easy. My family wasn’t poor, but we weren’t rich either. From an early age, I was the queen of extreme couponing, saving my every penny, storing up gift cards for emergencies, and working hard. By the time I got to college, I had three jobs at one time because I wanted to contribute to society. I wanted to ensure I could help my parents, and I deeply ingrained the belief that if I didn’t work I was worthless.
1 Timothy 5:18 tells us “the worker deserves his wages” (NIV). We know that Jesus calls us to work hard and that from the beginning, work was part of our design. Even before the fall, Adam tended to the Garden and had a role to play. It’s good for workers to have goals and a purpose that motivates them (Proverbs 16:26). Finding meaning and purpose in our work often drives us to work and serve harder.
