Hard Work

I just spent part of the day today volunteering at the school for Shideler City Streets. The 5th graders learn how to run businesses, advertize, run city hall, enforce laws and work hard. They also learn how to handle personal finances.
 
As the business owners and managers gave their final speeches to the class one of the recurring themes was that they learned running a business was a lot of hard work. In many ways they learned that life is a lot of work period. Anyone who owns a home knows that many hours of hard work are involved just in the maintenance of the home.
 
Proverbs 13:4 tells us this, "The sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied." The NLT reads this way, "Lazy people want much but get little, but those who work hard will prosper."
 
There seems to be a correlation between hard work and having enough to be fully satisfied. When the Bible talks about being fully satisfied, it isn’t just for us and our family or you and your family. We are to use the blessings of life not just for ourselves but to affect those around us as well.