WORKING WITH MEANING

Once, social media was buzzing with the posts of young people who seemed to have difficulty accepting the nature of humans having to work. This young person had not even completed a day of work, then for some reason, decided to go home and asked his mother to pick him up from work. Then, with a tone of protest, this young person posted this sentence on his social media, "Whose idea is it in this world that we have to work?"

Sometimes there are still people who consider work as a punishment from God because of the sin committed by Adam. Whereas, before Adam violated God's command in the Garden of Eden - then humans had to work hard to find food (Gen. 3:17) - humans, the creation of God, were already working, namely working and taking care of the entire garden (verse 15). Adam also had to name all the animals that God created (verses 19-20). Isn't this also considered work? So, even without the situation of human sin, working is a nature that God has predetermined for humans.

Realizing this truth can lead a worker to find meaning in their work. Finding meaning means there is a purpose and value that goes beyond routines with the awareness that work can have a positive impact, contribute to a greater goal, and even bring about the belief that God can use any job to glorify His name. Have we found the meaning of our work, which gives us encouragement every day, because through it we are glorifying God? --GHJ/www.renunganharian.net