A Willing Worker 

She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. Proverbs 31:13

            Our society as a whole is very lazy. We’re self proclaimed couch potatoes and it is no wonder. Endless hours of mindless entertainment can be found in countless forms from television to internet. So many things fight to keep our attention and to keep us from being productive. At the end of the day, that lack of productivity causes us to scratch our heads and wonder where the time has gone. Work never sounds like too much fun and we are a society centered on fun.            

I was thinking about the title verse one day this week as I was cooking dinner. It had been an exceptionally busy week and I thought about what I had and had not done for the week. My week hadn’t been consumed with television and internet but I felt very rushed to get things completed. I looked around and mentally made a list of what I needed to get done. I thought again and again, I need more time, there’s no time! Occasionally, I think that I don’t have much time and I wonder how time flies by. The fact is, there is very little time. The last days are upon us and we must be busy.            

The virtuous woman was a willing worker. She provided for her family as a wife and mother should. She took care of them and supplied those things that were needed. Yet, I know she also served God. Perhaps she was a Sunday School teacher or maybe she sang in the choir. We weren’t told her particular service, what we do know is that she was not an idle Christian. She was a worker for the Lord. Absolutely times got hard and it seemed as though there was very little time. No doubt she became discouraged. However, her effort and willingness to be a employee for the Lord reaped the benefits. 

You have approximately 75 years to make a difference for the Lord. What will your life entail at the end of the day? Will you be just an observer or a worker in the greatest industry every created. No application required. The retirement is out of this world and the reward is beyond imagination.