Why work? Well, here’s a good reason:

“He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame” (Proverbs 6:5).

Here’s a short list I put together over a decade ago (you know, in the previous millenium!):

1. Work exercises body or mind.
2. Work builds and fortifies character.
3. Work enables service.
4. Work makes people productive.

To see how I fleshed out that skeletal list, read the full lesson: The Christian and Work.

from Proverbs 10:4