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10 years ago a lot of up and coming companies -many in the tech field- were firing people over 50 and hiring 35 and under… they could pay them less and work them harder… or so they thought. Now those same companies are firing 35 and under and are hiring 55 and older… why? well thats where we are going today.

 

 

Why hire over 55? They actually work…

No surfing the internet, no whining, no excuses

They don’t want 16 weeks off when their girlfriend is pregnant…

They don’t expect a raise with for no other reason than they think they deserve one

They will work weekends, They will work late, they will work early…

 

 

2 These. 3:

9 It wasn’t that we didn’t have the right to ask you to feed us, but we wanted to show you firsthand how you should work for your living. 10 Even while we were still there with you, we gave you this rule: “He who does not work shall not eat.”

11 Yet we hear that some of you are living in laziness, refusing to work, and wasting your time in gossiping. 12 In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ we appeal to such people—we command them—to quiet down, get to work, and earn their own living. 13 And to the rest of you I say, dear brothers, never be tired of doing right.

14 If anyone refuses to obey what we say in this letter, notice who he is and stay away from him, that he may be ashamed of himself. 15 Don’t think of him as an enemy, but speak to him as you would to a brother who needs to be warned.

 

God created man on the sixth day with two basic purposes by which he would fulfill his primary purpose to glorify God as a bearer of the Divine Image(that is i.e. our way to make God look good): working and multiplying. 

Paul says I will give you a command: It means more than just a command (and it does mean a command) but the underlying meaning is “Hey News flash… you don’t work, you don’t eat - figure it out… what are you stupid!)

 

Now this verse isn’t just for those who won’t work… but the principle is broader than that… you might have a job, but you are still lazy. You still expect things to get handed to you. You want a raise, a promotion, a longer vacation… even without putting in the work.

Things seem unfair, you seem ok living with your parents or your 3 friends…

You think someday it will just figure itself out…

 

WAKE UP CALL: Paul says… do not associate with those people. Why? So they might be ashamed…

Does God shame people - well yes, Luke 13:16,17

but more specifically this word means it will cause people to take a solemn serious look at what their actions are causing…

So I recommended a guy for a job a few years ago… he got the job and then sucked at it…

so now here are the solemn consequences…

 - If a young woman was watching- she now knows don’t date this guy he can’t even keep a job and he is not tough enough to make it work… marriage will eat him up

 - He has now cemented his habit again… making it even harder to stick with a job or a hard situation. When you quit, you are a quitter and its easier to quit anything hard

 - he will now again think life is unfair… which will lead to his low self esteem, he becomes a victim

 - he has not built a good resume for a future job

 - he has made sure that i will never recommend him again for a job

 - His parents now wrestle with guilt, frustration, anger and more seeing their son as a quitter

 - he now has most likely kept a very hard working man who legitimately has a family with needs and who would be a great worker… he is keeping that guy from getting a job… how so? well now if I send that guy to my friend, my friend will say “the last guy you sent me sucked… so I am not taking my chances on this other guy”.

 - You are looked down upon by your peers. My best friends are workaholics. they sweat, bleed, push, work more harder and are providers… and we all look poorly on those who don’t work

 - and because of that You now hang with quitters… Hard workers don’t want to hang out with quitters

 - You are losing time. If you had stuck with that sucky job from 3 years ago, you would probably be making more, with a promotion or two…
 - you have kept yourself from tasting the victory of perseverance through adversity. I have pictures on my phone from the last 10 years where I was painting houses, picking up trash, mowing lawns, moving furniture… They all sucked, they were all hard work and I was gifted in none of them… but now I have the taste of perseverance in my life. and you become addicted to working hard and persevering. 

 

Have you ever heard someone say “I wish I had your job… travel around and just talk and get paid”. I had a kid say this to me at a school… my response was this..

You couldn’t handle the world I live in. You can’t even keep your saggy ass pants up… hanging down. You think when I negotiated the contract with the state of florida I walked in with my pants hanging down. I had to read 20 pages of a contract and understand it… I asked the kid how many books he thought I had read to write, memorize and speak and get paid, over a 500. I asked him what my tax liabilities are working in Florida but living in Minnesota, I asked him if there is a dispute over non-payment do we argue that point in my state or the other persons state… 

I asked him what job he currently has in order to use that as seed money to put into flyers, postage, airfare and conventions in order to build relationships to get gigs to speak. I asked him how much schooling he has… I have my Masters in management… 

Hard work trumps everything… and God does not bless laziness, excuses, tardiness, apathy, lethargy, whining, victimhood or your lack of responsibility.