Why We Labor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We labor in this life for wealth

For honor and for fame,

Only to leave it when we go

For someone else to claim.

 

What is the point in all of this

If our labor’s in vain?

What benefit is there for man,

What profit will remain?

 

Yet, there is great profit in life,

A blessing that’s so clear,

To work as if working for God

And all that He holds dear.

 

Work diligently at each task,

Avoid unneeded strife,

Offer His Word to all you meet

And live a faith filled life.

 

The seeds we sow, the harvest reaped

Are bountiful with grace,

And that’s the great inheritance

That we leave in our place.

 

Ecclesiastes 2:18 

I hated all my toil in which I toil under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who will come after me

 

Colossians 3:23-24

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.