“The Job” - Ecclesiastes 5:18-20
February 19, 2023
Jim Stratton
February 18, 2023

Ecclesiastes 5:18-20 - Behold, what I have seen to be good and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his lot. 19 Everyone also to whom God has given wealth and possessions and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and rejoice in his toil—this is the gift of God. 20 For he will not much remember the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with joy in his heart.

Work

  Should Be

, Not
      Nothing Else Provides the Satisfaction
Ecclesiastes 2:3 - I searched with my heart how to cheer my body with wine—my heart still guiding me with wisdom—and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was good for the children of man to do under heaven during the few days of their life.
            Find a Way to It
      Another
            Turn Your Job Into Job
      Because It Is a of
Itself
            The Wealth and Possessions That Makes

How to Work

Colossians 3:22-4:1 - Bondservants, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. 23 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. 25 For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality. 4 Masters, treat your bondservants justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
Ephesians 6:5-9 - Bondservants, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ, 6 not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, 7 rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man, 8 knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a bondservant or is free. 9 Masters, do the same to them, and stop your threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him.
  Employees
      Obey In


            Not
                 Just to Gain
                 Just When Someone Is
                 Trying to With Anything
            With
                 Fear and
                 
                 
                 Great and
                  Always In
  Employers
      Be and
      Do Not
      Remember, You Have a To Whom You Will Answer

Glorify God

  Do Not Be Arrogant
1 Timothy 6:17 - As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.
      What You Have

Provided
      What You Have Can Be Gone In An
  That For Which You Are Supposedly Working
  Say, “
Philippians 4:4–7 - Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. 5 Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; 6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.