Read Zechariah 7-10
Zechariah 8:9 says, "Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built." Lots of infomercials talk about products that will help you lose weight by the exercise video or machine or by eating and drinking the items they’re selling. Other regular commercials talk about a drug that will fix what ails you or foods that will help you. They all promise to make you look and feel better.
But only a few of them show people able to work more easily. Most of them show people relaxing and enjoying family or partying more successfully. This verse doesn’t mess around. It tells us God commands us to be strong so we can work.
Even when we look forward to retirement, we can’t imagine doing nothing for long. We get bored when we don’t have something we must do, something we can avoid doing, and something we can rest after accomplishing. We are created to want to work and it doesn’t have to be hard manual labor. God has created us differently for different purposes to all work together.
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