The Giver

September 5

Those who work for others subject themselves to an eight hour work day. Overtime is a boon that enables a laborer to enhance his paycheck so he seeks the opportunity to exceed his 40 hour week whenever he gets the chance to do so.

When he works long hours, the old adage comes to mind, ‘A man works from sun to sun, but a woman’s work is never done.’ No doubt many can offer evidence that this is not always the case, but there is an application that is viable in the lives of many individuals. The breadwinner works long days but the homemaker works continually.

According to the scriptures, there is one group of individuals whose diligent efforts exceed both these categories of workers and that group is the entrepreneur. The man who establishes a business must devote himself to its success or it will almost certainly fail. In Ecclesiastes 5:12, Solomon states this truth very clearly. He says, “The sleep of a laborer is sweet…but the abundance of a rich man permits him no sleep.”

When the breadwinner or the homemaker lay their heads on their pillows, they sleep soundly; meanwhile, the financiers are awake—scouring the stock markets of each continent, minding the affairs that maintain their wealth. Those who possess the wealth of salvation needn’t lie awake fretting about maintaining their eternal treasure. It is a free gift that will never be taken from them as long as they believe in Jesus, the Giver.