Having a job

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imfinallyfree

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I feel closer to God by not having one.

Being homeless it's really not necessary,yes eating is necessary...thats a no brainer but aspiring to get a good job is gone...if it was there to begin with.

Considering that something like 10 people own the whole world everyone else is working for their benefit.

This became starkly clear with my last job where I was working 12 hrs a day so that my employer can buy his self a new speed boat, motorcycle,truck...whatever.

Now I live in a tent eating because of the kindness of my family and I feel great!
 
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NoNameMcgee

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i also work 12 hours a day....

if i wasnt allowed to listen to audio scripture i would have quit long ago...


the owner tells me all the time to take off my head set

hahaha

i say,sureeeeeeee
and just keep listening

hasnt fired me yet
been 3 years

but ill choose time with God over a job any day

God bless you man
i think youre onto something
 
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oldethennew

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choosing your own battles is fine, just make sure, pray, that Jesus' way will always be your final choice...
lots and lots of 'over-coming' to do throughout our lifetimes, but oh, so worth the privilege..
 
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i don't think that if it is in our power to provide for ourselves that we should choose sloth instead, and depend on charity.

Now concerning brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another, for that indeed is what you are doing to all the brothers throughout Macedonia.
But we urge you, brothers, to do this more and more, and to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one.
(1 Thessalonians 4:9-12)

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but "to live a quiet life" is not to be out trying to become one of the cabal of world-bank owners or even to be chasing after speedboats and island vacations.
living simply with sufficiency and contentment, keeping your own obligations and doing well what your hand finds to do, as an example for the glory of God who works in you, isn't tantamount to actively seeking poverty, and is well within the advice of the scriptures.

i could make a whole lot more earthly wealth than i do. i could do it in a number of ways, by putting in ridiculous hours, by giving up any number of things in life for the sake of career, by foregoing ethics, by doing a number of things. i could also make a whole lot less money - i could make none at all, and survive on government welfare, church handouts and by leeching from friends and family for my needs. i hope i'm somewhere between the extremes, earning enough to live comfortably & provide for my self and my family without anxiety, and not away so much that i have no life with my family.

i could justify a welfare-lifestyle by saying, "a job will prevent me from studying scripture 40 hours out of every week"
& i don't know about whoever reads my post here, but i can tell you that in my case, if i quit my job under that rationale, i definitely would not spend those 40 hours a week engrossed in Bible study or doing evangelism or whatever other 'good works' i used to excuse my idleness. not because i have no heart to do any of these things - because i know myself, and i know what kind of discipline i admire and what kind of discipline i actually have.

i'm not trying to criticize the OP personally. what do i know about another persons heart?
but i see a pit a person could really fall in, in this thread. i'd fall in it - i'm good at falling in pits! bring me a pit, i'll demonstrate ;)


 
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I have had quite a few jobs in my life, and I never worked for those 10 people who owned the whole world.

-- My biggest employer was a state government.

--I worked for three charities. Not really sure who owned them. They were funded by state grants. No one got rich, that's for sure.

-- I've worked for a retired couple and a blue-collar worker. Cleaned their homes.

-- Eight small businesses that ranged in size from four to 300 people. Mean ole business men, going around forcing all those people to get a paycheck every week for their work.

-- I got a job with a poor man once. He owned a cleaning company. Didn't work out though. Too poor to advertise, no advertising, no customers, and I needed customers to work for. Poor people make lousy business owners.

-- Had my own business for a while. Made the money to advertise. Got customers. Finally got in the black at 18 months. Did you know most businesses don't get into the black for the first 7 years? Mean ole business owners, going without to pay their employees.

Alas, as events unfolded, I made $2000 two months in a row (the months I was in the black), and viola! My gallbladder spits out enough gallstones to make it a good idea to remove it. And when it was removed they pinched a nerve in my back. Finally had my own business going, and God decides I can't work anymore.

I'd love to work again. Maybe if I could, I could run into those ten people who own the world.

I worked for three reasons:
1. To take care of me and then my family's needs and wants.
2. To help someone else. (Helping others is what makes me feel like I'm doing what God wants me to do. Sort of my thanksgiving offer.)
3. To contribute to society.
 
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imfinallyfree

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Believe it or not....you've worked for them at some time of your life....they make sure of it.
 
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posthuman said:
i don't think that if it is in our power to provide for ourselves that we should choose sloth instead, and depend on charity.

Now concerning brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another, for that indeed is what you are doing to all the brothers throughout Macedonia.
But we urge you, brothers, to do this more and more, and to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one.
(1 Thessalonians 4:9-12)

​
but "to live a quiet life" is not to be out trying to become one of the cabal of world-bank owners or even to be chasing after speedboats and island vacations.
living simply with sufficiency and contentment, keeping your own obligations and doing well what your hand finds to do, as an example for the glory of God who works in you, isn't tantamount to actively seeking poverty, and is well within the advice of the scriptures.

i could make a whole lot more earthly wealth than i do. i could do it in a number of ways, by putting in ridiculous hours, by giving up any number of things in life for the sake of career, by foregoing ethics, by doing a number of things. i could also make a whole lot less money - i could make none at all, and survive on government welfare, church handouts and by leeching from friends and family for my needs. i hope i'm somewhere between the extremes, earning enough to live comfortably & provide for my self and my family without anxiety, and not away so much that i have no life with my family.

i could justify a welfare-lifestyle by saying, "a job will prevent me from studying scripture 40 hours out of every week"
& i don't know about whoever reads my post here, but i can tell you that in my case, if i quit my job under that rationale, i definitely would not spend those 40 hours a week engrossed in Bible study or doing evangelism or whatever other 'good works' i used to excuse my idleness. not because i have no heart to do any of these things - because i know myself, and i know what kind of discipline i admire and what kind of discipline i actually have.

i'm not trying to criticize the OP personally. what do i know about another persons heart?
but i see a pit a person could really fall in, in this thread. i'd fall in it - i'm good at falling in pits! bring me a pit, i'll demonstrate ;)
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boy Post,

hub and I so love your 'honesty-Post of yourself', it is often 'eye-opening', not to mention, humble...
it takes ..... to come right-out and say it like it is, MOST have had very poor examples, of this,
if they want to be honest, but couldn't find the 'truth of the situation', instead they would
rather 'lie' that tell the TRUTH!...

for the BODY, always 'remember' that we are 'ACCOUNTABLE' to Jesus for our B&S's sake...

hub and I are living a 'life-style' that most of the population would consider, very undesirable
for themselves...
we praise God every day for our abundant 'blessings'....

they're not hard to see or obey, if we put ALL of our trust and assurance in Him, our Blessed Saviour...
 
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posthuman said:
i see a pit a person could really fall in, in this thread. i'd fall in it - i'm good at falling in pits! bring me a pit, i'll demonstrate ;)
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