Our Anchor In A World Adriftናሙና

Finding Work

If you found work soon after graduation from college, you are fortunate. Nearly 74 million young people, ages 15 to 24, were looking for jobs in 2014. If you’ve been on your job for some years now with prospects of promotion, you have reason to be thankful. According to the International Labor Organization, three quarters of today’s workers struggle to survive because they work on temporary or short-term contracts.

Unemployment and underemployment are global problems. The effects are not just ripples but in many cases, big waves of discontent, public demonstrations, discrimination, and many other issues. Putting food on the table is not their only problem; preserving one’s self-worth is also difficult for those who are looking for work.

In writing to the church in Thessalonica, Paul exhorts them to work quietly to earn their own living and to give thanks in all circumstances. No matter what our work is and how much we are earning, are we looking for reasons to be thankful? While we are not to condone unjust labor practices, we are to train our eyes to see even the most minute blessing in disguise. Surely, we are to pray for fair and just wages as well as humane working conditions for all.

Let’s take our cue from Colossians 3:23 as we pray today.

Prayer: Lord, whatever we do, help us to work at it with all our heart, as working for You, Lord, not for human masters. We also ask that You provide for those who are seeking work.

Click here to learn more about current unemployment and underemployment stats: www.gmi.org/7stats