Hard Work

One funny thing that came out in the staff satisfaction survey is that staff watches each other work. Staff looks at when they come to work, when they leave and what they do while they are here. It is a constant measurement about “are they working as hard as I am?”

Hard work is a funny thing. You always hear the good salesman talk about how he doesn’t work hard but he works smart. Just recently we witnessed Tyler Hansbrough being honored for working so hard. Half the people loved what he stood for and others detested him for being overrated. Are the detractors just jealous and lazy? I think it is funny that the hard worker is the unusual and not the norm.

There is no substitute for hard work. Most people have a tendency to look for shortcuts or at least for the easiest way to complete a task. If we only put out a minimum effort we might get by in some situations, but in the long run we won’t fully develop the talents that lie within us.

Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty. – Proverbs 21:5

I love those days when at the end of the day I am tired. But I can reflect back and see that I not only worked smart, but I worked hard. And all that I accomplished led me to be thankful. I am thankful that I used myself to the BEST of my abilities as God intended.

Our jobs and our lives are not about working just harder than the people beside us. Or measuring them and working only as hard as our peers. I hope that our daily work is about honoring God by committing ourselves to hard work so that we can become all that God created us to be.

Try and view the effort you give as a God’s gift to you. Learn that you are working to honor God and not measure up to the people around us. Honor God’s plans for us by working to the BEST of your abilities.