{"id":1469,"date":"2019-09-03T14:58:18","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T18:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/campus.cru.org\/faculty\/?p=1469"},"modified":"2023-07-18T21:08:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T01:08:52","slug":"our-work-ethic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/campus.cru.org\/faculty\/2019\/our-work-ethic\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Work Ethic"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1469\" class=\"elementor elementor-1469\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c0c7cbf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c0c7cbf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2804c4a\" data-id=\"2804c4a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ca6fd2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ca6fd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On a recent Friday I found myself unable to finish all my weekly tasks by the end of the workday. That evening, after my wife and kids were in bed, I stayed up to revise papers, answer questions, and schedule meetings for the coming week.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a43966c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a43966c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-63cdcb8\" data-id=\"63cdcb8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2805d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d2805d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I finished at around 2 AM by sending half a dozen emails to colleagues. I went to bed feeling that sense of satisfaction that comes from a job well done.&nbsp;<\/p><p>To my surprise, every single one of my colleagues answered their email by 6 AM that same Saturday morning. And several of their responses were quite involved.&nbsp;<\/p><p>As I thought about that Interaction, I couldn\u2019t help but wonder: are we working too hard?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-41b8f5f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"41b8f5f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-34dc40d\" data-id=\"34dc40d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02cfa8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"02cfa8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Scripture and Hard Work<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-496fb63 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"496fb63\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-287565c\" data-id=\"287565c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d9e667 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d9e667\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In Christianity, we attach a high value to hard work. Many Scriptures praise this type of effort:\u00a0<\/p><p>&#8220;In all toil there is profit (Proverbs 14:23a)&#8221;<\/p><p>or<\/p><p>&#8220;Whatever you do, work heartily, as working for the LORD (Colossians 3:23).&#8221;<\/p><p>There also are stark warnings for those who do not work hard enough.<\/p><p>\u00a0&#8220;But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. (1 Timothy 5:8)&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-844d5b9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"844d5b9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-20b793c\" data-id=\"20b793c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdf00eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fdf00eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Reformation and Hard Work<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1ce0c11 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1ce0c11\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-390cddd\" data-id=\"390cddd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e4282f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e4282f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Indeed, one of the central tenets of the reformation was the idea that all work had moral content \u2013 a \u201cwork ethic\u201d \u2013 and that our character could be measured by our dedication to that work.<\/p><p>Here&#8217;s how my logic went:\u00a0<\/p><p>And if hard work is inherently good, how could someone ever work too hard?\u00a0 Isn\u2019t that like loving God too much, or having a heart that is too pure?\u00a0 If something is intrinsically good, it seems there shouldn\u2019t be a possibility of pursuing it too far, as all good things are from God and lead us back to Him.<\/p><p>But this question plagues me, late into the night as I am working the next deadline:\u00a0<\/p><p>But if we are always supposed to give our all, what are we to make of the Bible\u2019s many calls to rest?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-75d0f4f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"75d0f4f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-47a3e18\" data-id=\"47a3e18\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1adb0c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1adb0c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hard Work and God's Call to Rest<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-73bf205 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"73bf205\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1fd63cd\" data-id=\"1fd63cd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95b5a9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"95b5a9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It seems the Scripture contains at least as many admonitions to those who do not rest as praises to those who work tirelessly.\u00a0<\/p><p>The Bible begins in Genesis with God\u2019s example of rest and at the heart of the Old Testament, we see his repeated commands to rest. And in the New Testament, Jesus promises rest when he says in Matthew 11:28: \u201cCome to me all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.\u201d<\/p><p>So, when is hard work praiseworthy and when is it shameful?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4df58af elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4df58af\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ddca8b7\" data-id=\"ddca8b7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dcc1dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7dcc1dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hard Work and My Motivation<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1633e82 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1633e82\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4831339\" data-id=\"4831339\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb6be34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fb6be34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>What I have learned is that the key deciding factor is my motivation. When I work hard, why am I working so hard? If it is truly out of a desire to glorify God and enjoy Him, then all work is praiseworthy. And because God is loving and kind, within that work I can find rest.\u00a0<\/p><p>But too often my motivations are tainted.\u00a0<\/p><p>I work to please others;\u00a0<\/p><p>I work to justify my self-worth;\u00a0<\/p><p>I work to get ahead.\u00a0<\/p><p>Even when I work for God\u2019s glory, part of me wants to work extra hard for my own glory\u2014to make sure that my gift to God is better than anyone else\u2019s.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-32e150c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"32e150c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4328aeb\" data-id=\"4328aeb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-996aa5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"996aa5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">This simple Prayer Helps Me<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-09ef258 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"09ef258\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e792d7b\" data-id=\"e792d7b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09ae5dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"09ae5dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>And so I find that it is crucial to begin each day with a centering prayer in which I commit myself and my day to Him. I pray a prayer similar to this:<\/p><p>\u00a0\u201cGod in all that I do today, in work and in rest, help me to do it for your glory alone. Because I cannot do it without you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><p>If you struggle with your work ethic \u2013 either working too much or too little \u2013 I encourage you to join me in this practice.\u00a0<\/p><p>You can start right now.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3909298 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3909298\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fe809e6\" data-id=\"fe809e6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6802995 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6802995\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Troy Van Voorhis<\/b><br>MIT<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On a recent Friday I found myself unable to finish all my weekly tasks by the end of the workday. 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