How many jobs have you had in your life? Paid jobs.
I have had only 13. Want to hear what they were?
1. Hawaiian Shaved Ice Stand
2. Summer Youth Pastor at ECUMC
3. Front Counter Worker at McDonalds
4. Dishwasher & kitchen worker at a fraternity house
5. Administrative help at Phillips 66
6. Call center at Dallas Theological Seminary
7. Sold used fax machines for a bartering company (no, really that was the job)
8. Window washer
9. Youth Pastor at Ovilla UMC
10. Associate Pastor at MCC
11. College Pastor at Wildwood
12. Executive Pastor at Wildwood
13. Senior Pastor at Wildwood
13 jobs over 35 years of employment (with the last 24 years … including 3 different roles … here at Wildwood). What’s your list?
In that time, I have learned a lot of things on the job … but one consistent lesson I learned is the connection between work and wages. When you work a job, you get paid. (Well, most of the time … I did have one job that I was promised a wage I never received). Some jobs paid by the hour, others paid a monthly salary, and still others paid by the job. But the steady lesson was this: “The wages of work is money.” And through that arrangement, God has provided the resources for me and my family to live.
As we saw last week at Wildwood Community Church in part 1 of our “Money Matters” sermon series, money matters to us AND money matters to God. That is why the Bible has so many sections dealing with finances. Particularly in the book of Proverbs there are many verses dealing with money. This Sunday, we will be in part 2 of our study, looking at what God says in the Proverbs about work (as it relates to money). Some great stuff there!
I think there are two big lessons God wants us to learn about the connection of work and wages from the Proverbs, and we will explore these principles together on Sunday in our 8:30, 9:45, and 11:00 services. Hope to see you there … and bring friends!