“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11)
Growing Dominion, Part 116
“Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right” (Prov. 20:11).
A work ethic is instilled, or not, when an individual is a child. And in order for parents to succeed in doing this, it is not necessary to set up a sweat shop in the basement in order to have something for the kids to do after they are done with their homework. Lazy bums are shaped in childhood, as are workaholics. But if parents are wise, they will teach their children to worship right, work hard, and play hard.
When we evaluate the work done by a craftsman or merchant, one of the things we need to look at is whether or not the worker has what we call “a life.” God gave us six days to finish our work in, which means that He did not want us to take seven. It also meant He didn’t want us to take four. Learning the balance in all this is a lesson that should begin in childhood.