Work

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Work is an everyday term, we all use it, so let us look at just what exactly it really means. One of the best ways to define a word or concept is to point out what it is not. Work is not resting or relaxation; you do not sit at leisurely repose while engaged in the activity we call working. A couple of words that do, however, convey the sense of the word work are labor and toil, which are the acts of striving toward an end goal. The idea of exercise is also similar to work, but it differs in that it loses the enduring sense of time that work captures. Struggling is also like working, only it does not bring the reward or recompense commonly associated with work. The classic example of work is that of the father providing for his household; he is laboring for someone else with the expectation of payment which he can then use to provide for his family. All believers ought to work toward growing in their spiritual lives since they will be amply repaid in the life to come for their efforts now.