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For some people work is tedious and boring—something to endure until the weekend arrives. For others, work is everything—it consumes them and their time. The former find no meaning or satisfaction in their jobs, the latter find too much. Both lack an eternal perspective. This booklet offers that framework. Work, as ordained by God, has meaning and purpose. And by understanding your own vocation,...

It’s a satisfaction that comes from fulfilling our purpose of working in service to God. The author of Ecclesiastes picks up on this. There we are told, “Everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil—this is God’s gift to man” (Eccl. 3:13). Some take this to be sarcastic, believing that the author of Ecclesiastes is the most jaundiced and jaded person who ever lived. It’s true that there is sarcasm in Ecclesiastes, but this text, coupled with various passages from Proverbs, seems
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