8 March 2011
Proverbs 12:11 He who tills his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits has no sense.
In every society there are different needs and different ways these needs are expressed, and not all societies are the same; the result is that the employment pattern would be different. Yet in all of these societies a generic trend will be found. All people need to eat, so farming and food production would be common, although what may be farmed would be different dependant on the climate. In the same way doctors, teachers, undertakers, shop keepers etc are needed. For them to live and work they need a building and infrastructure so engineers, artisans and architects are needed, because of this contracts are established and so lawyers have something to do. So one can think of other work that results from this all.
To have employment equity through legalism is not ideal as this will always be biased towards enforcement and penalty. To have equity one must imply that people are equal, yet it is common sense to understand that each person in society must be equipped and be given equal opportunity. This equipping is determined by the capacity of the person in the first instance to be able to be educated and trained. So people equally educated and trained should be given equal opportunity if this does not happen an unjust system will occur. The sadness is the number of children in school who have no intention to learn, neither the capacity to work when they leave school.
As Christians we need to understand that the world in general is unjust, simply because the world system is based on power and greed. Employment must be based on a persons capacity to work and add value to society. In the same way being a Christian we must work to grow the Kingdom of God
Be encouraged today to thank God for the way He has capacitated you to be a blessing in the society you are in.
David
Point to ponder: God blesses us with work and talent
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