Marbaniang, Domenic

True Profitable Labor. “What profit has a man from all his labor under the sun?” (Eccl.1:3) The Bible asks us to stop for a while and consider the purpose and profit of our pursuits in life. God instituted that man should work for 6 days and rest on the seventh. Also, the Bible tells us that those who do not work for a living should not also eat. “We gave you this rule: “If a man will not work, he shall not eat” (2Thess 3:10) Yet, it is important to understand that life and work is not just about filling our stomach and surviving in the world. Psalm 90:10 tells us that our life is full of labor Psalm 104:23 tells us that man goes to his labor till evening Yet, the wise king Solomon had this to say about all human labor: Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done and on the labor in which I had toiled; and indeed all was vanity and grasping for the wind. There was no profit under the sun. (Eccl.2:11) Therefore I turned my heart and despaired of all the labor in which I had to...