Playing is for Children

God said it is harder for a rich man to get into heaven because they have become wealthy by running after wealth while placing their trust in it.

Matthew 19:24 " 24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

In order to become very wealthy one has to run over others, manipulate and use tricks that are detrimental to others to gain influence and properties.

It is very hard to get through to someone who has deeply trusted in their money, their status, their pleasures and other things that have brought them so much comfort.

In our country today even the poor have difficulty finding Christ because they have placed their trust in the government to take care of them rather than seeking Christ.

Christ's way of taking care of godly people is to provide them with work to earn their own way. There is great joy in working and accomplishing things no matter what the job.

We can be happy sweeping streets if we do it as unto the Lord. God gave us work to fulfill what He placed in us, the desire to be productive.

Those who enjoy working and being productive do not need play.

1 Corinthians 13:11 " 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside childish ways."

Playing is what children do, but working is what men and women do, this is what is fulfilling. The playing leaves the one who indulges with emptiness. There is a need to play over and over again as the memory of the last pleasure fads another memory must be created to continue that feeling of superficial accomplishment, which produces nothing more than fleeting and deceptive good feelings.

Genesis 2:15

"The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to till it and keep it"

Notice we do not find verses where God gave Adam and Eve toys, their enjoyment came from tending the garden, producing good things and enjoying the fruit of their labor.

We were created to enjoy our work and we do as long as we do it as unto the Lord, even the lowliest job can be enjoyed when our attitude is to glorify God in it.

Hallelujah!!!!