day 3K232: Gifts Of Work – Exercising Of Purpose

“And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.”

For those readers who have been away or just catching up, I am writing for the month of December a series on “The Gifts of Work” as my Christmas Gift to You!

Today, we will explore the gift that work gives us by being able to exercise our purpose.  Thomas Edison, the inventor and also the co-founder of General Electric (we forget that part of his life story) said, “The secret of success is focus of purpose.”  Many companies have vision and mission statements but when asked what their “purpose” is, they may not as easily be able to articulate that.  Purpose is “the reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists.” It is the core truth of our existence.  Find that and we have found success and we will have received a gift!

One of PwK’s most loyal readers, Tim O. sent me an article by Jordan J. Ballor, director of research at the Center for Religion, Culture & Democracy.  Jordan profoundly wrote this on purpose and work: “God has gifted each individual person with a purpose and with a calling to seek out ways of loving our neighbors—and providing jobs to workers, goods and services to customers, and profit to investors are all concrete ways of loving and doing good to others.” When we combine our purpose and our work, we not only experience the gift that God wants us to have, but we are also sharing that gift with others.

Reference: Romans 8:28 (New Living Translation)

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