This is a little bit uncustomary for us to write a blog like this. Everywhere we go people begin conversations with their name then immediately transition into " so... where do you work." We think God is the least mentioned subject in the casual conversations that carry on before or after a church service in comparison to worldly things. We believe that these conversations should be more like " where is God working at in your life" rather than "where do you work" or anything else for that matter. There is absolutely nothing wrong with using our mind and body for honorable monetary gain. What is wrong is when we allow our employment to provide some sort of identity or even better, determine your "Self-worth." Our Identity is supposed to be hidden in Yeshua not in what we do for a living, that's called pride, Face it! I have seen people lose faith in God and return to old ways because employment was lost. Now I know that people aren't scared to lose these jobs because they feel like they are going to disappoint God but more on the side of fear for losing a well established social identity, money, material things and most of all comfort. It almost makes me wonder if God was really Lord and provider in their lives. I can recall Yeshua warning us not to care for the things of this world (Matt 6: 25-34).
Now I'm not saying lets go build huts out in the Forrest and put on sak cloth but what I am attempting to transpire is, lets put things in their proper order of importance. God, Family, Church then Work. Remember our job is not Jehovah Jireh. Our job is simply to provide seed to sow and take care of the bare essentials. Here is a little spiritual education on the matter... After the fall of man God began to inform Adam of the curse that his disobedience has brought on himself and everyman after him (Gen 3:19), this verse was a verse that stood out to me like a purple dinosaur. God told Adam that now "by the sweat of your brow will you eat bread until the day you return to the earth (die). While analyzing this scripture God began to show me that when He told Adam to tend to the garden, that the word tend was not the equivalent of work. To tend to means to effortlessly devote thorough attention toward something. So in other words Adams assignment was not laborious. Now one might ask, "didn't Yeshua die and redeem us from the curse of the law?" and my answer would be YES! but for some odd reason people seem to be blissfully treating the curse as if it were a blessing.
People tell me all the time that they are walking by faith and I always say that you don't know true faith unless you are actually walking in it. What if God instructed you to leave your family and go into a famine land or if He said to build an Ark when you have never seen rain or drop your fishing nets and follow Him. This is where true faith meets the road and where cosmetic faith is applied to the face. Obedience is far greater than sacrifice...
I finally understand why Yeshua said to the scribe that wanted to follow Him, " Foxes have holes and birds have nests but the Son of man hath no place to lay His head" and it was because He knew how much people are attached to things and worldly possessions. More over I believe Yeshua was attempting to show us how much these things can adversely affect our relationship with Him. We worship with our mouths but our hearts are far from Him. Sometimes we are no better than that gold digger wanting to be with a person because of what can be offered. Same as with salvation, we align with God for what He can offer (shame on us) and not for what we can offer up to Him.
The redemptive power on the cross of Jesus conferred the rights of the Kingdom of God (everything that is heavenly manifesting itself in our lives on earth such as healing (there is no sickness in heaven), prosperity( there is no poverty in heaven), etc.) back into our hands. However, the consequences of the original sin still exist. In this flesh, some believers will still die and will still have to work at something. The main issue is when the wrong focus has been placed on accomplishments in the natural defining who we are when our identity should be solely found in Yeshua.
Always in Love,
Kevin and Deon Myers
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