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Work, something that I do enjoy yet just how much can be done in one day? In the brief week that I’ve been back at work I’ve found that I just can’t keep up. When I get back from work at the end of a long day I find it hard to consentrate again. Why is this? Simply put it is because of sin. We live in a fallen world in which sin permiates every aspect of life. Man must be set free from his sin through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, but this leaves us with a problem.

If Jesus Christ set us free from our sin, then why do we still get sick? Why do bad things happen in the world? Why do I struggle in vain when I work like trying to grasp the wind?

Simple.

We are Justified by the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ and we are Sanctified by the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives. This relates back to the original proposition of work in that though we are Justified, our work (that is what we do on a daily basis) is still done in broken bodies (they get sick, brake and fall apart) and in a world that itself is fallen (Natural disasters happen, electrical components fail, et cetera, et cetera).

What is the solution? Jesus Christ. Christians are to work for the renewal of this world and are to do it out of love. We must also be aware that the world in which we work is broken and won’t be made complete untill Jesus brings the new Heaven and the new Earth upon his return.

So, despite my current cold and its torment in being a drain, I will work hard each and every day as a faithful servent, for it is that work which is honoring and pleasing to God as an act of worship.

Further, I won’t get depressed or annoyed when things go wrong, for that is a given in the world. There is regrettably no way of escaping it.

God bless,

Matthew Delves