"Everybody's working for the weekend." Loverboy
Okay, so it's not a quote from the Bible leading off today's post. Yet, this lyric from the song "Working for the weekend" seems somewhat fitting as Friday rolls around. Yet, as you may have guessed, I want to approach the weekend from a slightly different mindset than that of a group that would call themselves Loverboy.
Sure, in our day and age, most people approach the weekend as a break from the workaday week. It's a time to kick back, relax, do something fun, and have fewer responsibilities. It shouldn't be a surprise that there is an equal correlation between attendance at clubs and bars, incidents of drug and alcohol use (and abuse), and other things of such a nature.
Is that really what the weekend is about? Or, perhaps I should suggest it in a different way. If that is what the weekend is about, what does it say about the purpose of your existence? If you exist and work simply to get to the fun times, that really is a pretty shallow existence. Work becomes a means to fun and enjoyment, during which you try to escape from the means that allows you to have such fun and enjoyment. Work becomes a drudgery that you simply have to do and endure if you want to have fun.
Yet, as Christians, not only do we see work in a different light, we also see the weekend in a different light. God instituted a day of rest, a day to be refreshed, a day to honor Him and His work of creation. And then, in the resurrection of Jesus, that came to include a day that we would honor the ultimate work of our Savior in rising from the dead, winning victory of sin, death, and the devil. The weekend is our time to honor our God, to honor His work in this world, and to honor His sacrifice for us.
Far too often, we use the weekend to honor our own sinful pleasures and desires. And yet, as the weekend once again approaches, what about seeing it as a time to honor our God, who created everything and did everything that the weekend truly is about?
Okay, so it's not a quote from the Bible leading off today's post. Yet, this lyric from the song "Working for the weekend" seems somewhat fitting as Friday rolls around. Yet, as you may have guessed, I want to approach the weekend from a slightly different mindset than that of a group that would call themselves Loverboy.
Sure, in our day and age, most people approach the weekend as a break from the workaday week. It's a time to kick back, relax, do something fun, and have fewer responsibilities. It shouldn't be a surprise that there is an equal correlation between attendance at clubs and bars, incidents of drug and alcohol use (and abuse), and other things of such a nature.
Is that really what the weekend is about? Or, perhaps I should suggest it in a different way. If that is what the weekend is about, what does it say about the purpose of your existence? If you exist and work simply to get to the fun times, that really is a pretty shallow existence. Work becomes a means to fun and enjoyment, during which you try to escape from the means that allows you to have such fun and enjoyment. Work becomes a drudgery that you simply have to do and endure if you want to have fun.
Yet, as Christians, not only do we see work in a different light, we also see the weekend in a different light. God instituted a day of rest, a day to be refreshed, a day to honor Him and His work of creation. And then, in the resurrection of Jesus, that came to include a day that we would honor the ultimate work of our Savior in rising from the dead, winning victory of sin, death, and the devil. The weekend is our time to honor our God, to honor His work in this world, and to honor His sacrifice for us.
Far too often, we use the weekend to honor our own sinful pleasures and desires. And yet, as the weekend once again approaches, what about seeing it as a time to honor our God, who created everything and did everything that the weekend truly is about?
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