Work With Enthusiasm

"Work with enthusiasm, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people" (Eph. 6:7)

Broadcaster Roy Firestone once interviewed a seven foot tall, 260 pound specimen of pure muscle and atheletic ability. During the interview Roy asked a question "Your team mates tell me that every time you hit the hardwood you give a 110 percent. They say that you will go out and practice hook shots for hours and hours. They tell me that you will run wind sprints until you can not walk. They say that during the scrimmage you go for the loose balls like its the NBA finals. Why?"

"Roy," he answered, "you need to know something. When I go out into the hardwood, I'm not going to work, I am going to worship. How can I dare not give back to God what he's given to me with joy and thanksgiving? No, I don't go to work, I go to worship."

One of the best players in the NBA, one of the best big men in the history of the National Basketball Association. His name Hakeem Olajuwon. He is a Muslim, and he has much to teach this, and every other Christian about what work is meant to be.

"Every calling is great when greatly pursued"- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.