Last Sunday was Palm Sunday. It was also April Fools’ Day. There was another holiday that was celebrated yesterday, though. Other than people who came to church in the Wheatland Parish, I’ll bet that not very many people know what it is. Yesterday was International Fun at Work Day. It’s a real thing. It’s celebrated every year on the first day of April. It’s dedicated to the idea that a person’s work should be fun.
Is your job fun? Do you enjoy it? Do you find satisfaction from the work you do? Or is it just a job, a paycheck, a way to get the bills paid and to fund the lifestyle you currently have?
I know that not everyone can have a job they enjoy. Jobs are not easy to come by right now, and sometimes a person has to take what they can get. It’s easy to say that a job should not just be a way to pay the bills, but the fact is that we all have bills, and they do have to be paid. I also know that, even when we do enjoy our jobs, there is always some aspect of it that is not much fun. There’s reason they call it work, after all.
Still, there are too many people who allow themselves to feel trapped in jobs that they really don’t like. If you don’t get some enjoyment out of your work, if it does not give you any satisfaction, that may be God telling you that it’s time to look for something different. If nothing else, it won’t hurt to look around a little bit and see what else is out there. You may find out that you have more options than you realize.
If you feel that you don’t have any options, take a look at why not. Many times, our limitations are limitations we’ve placed on ourselves, rather than things that are out of our control. If it’s a matter of a lack of education, there may be ways you can get that education. If you need training in a particular area, there may be ways you can get that training. If it’s a matter of jobs not being available in your area, it may be that you can go to an area where there are jobs.
Some situations are obviously easier to work with than others. There are nearly always alternatives to our current work situation, though, if we’re really willing to look for them.
I don’t think God wants us to be miserable at our work. After all, our work takes up a large portion of our lives. If we’re miserable at our work, we’re likely to be miserable in our lives. It’s going to be pretty hard for us to serve God when we’re miserable. It’s going to be even harder for us to love God and to love others when we’re miserable.
I hope you get some satisfaction and fun out of your job. If you don’t, though, take a look around and see what you can do about it. See if God might be leading you in a different direction. Think about what God may be telling you to do with your life, and think about what you’d have to do to make that a reality. You may find out that there are more alternatives than you think.
If we’re doing what God wants us to do with our lives, we will find satisfaction from that. Then, we can make every day a Fun at Work day.
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