Work-Sweet or Sour?

O. T. #1529  "Work-Sweet or Sour?"
Sept. 23, 2019
Ecclesiastes 2-Part 2
       
LET IT GLOW

When you leave a job and go to another, do you leave with a sour taste in your mouth? Or was it sweet?
What is your attitude about your work, what you do? What are your goals? What are your accomplishments? Are your goals to satisfy yourself, then it may be empty, seeking one thing after another, like Solomon. Or is it to serve God and others, which gives us a full life, one that won't leave us sour?

Solomon wrote in verses 17-26, how he considered work vexation of spirit, which is mentioned 4 times in this chapter and a total of 10 times in the book.

Vexation means a feeding upon, grasping after, in the Hebrew language. 
Webster' Dictionary defines it as troubling, irritation, affliction. 

Solomon was saying that he found work empty and troubling his soul.
It's meaningless. He gave up in despair.
Do you feel that way, too?

God knows when we make mistakes, wrong choices, and are misunderstood. He still loves us and knows what we have been through. Do we tell others we are sorry and they don't forgive us? Then we have done what we are told to do. Their unforgiveness is in their head.
So whether we are out in the workforce or at home, we can find purpose. We can show His love by standing for what is right.

LET IT GROW

Solomon decided there was nothing better than to enjoy food and drink and to find satisfaction in work. He realized these pleasures are from God. For who can eat or enjoy anything apart from God? God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to those who please Him. (Verses 24-25)

LET IT GO  

Jesus, will you restore my joy in whatever You have me doing?