family finance

Work Life Balance Part 2

May 7, 2013

1295

– Bisi Adewale
EXAMPLES OF WORK LIFE BALANCE IN THE BIBLE.
1: Isaac : And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife. Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him. And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great: (Genesis 26:8, 12, 13 KJV)
—- Isaac was busy doing his work, planting and sowing in the land yet he still had time to sport( play) with his wife, what a balance life.

2: Deborah: She was introduced as Deborah wife of Lapidoth not as Judge. She also introduced herself as a Mother. she was able to balance the fact that she was a Prophetess, Judge, warrior, singer and a wife and mother, that is a balance life.
And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife. Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him. And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great: (Genesis 26:8, 12, 13 KJV)

WHAT MANNER OF LIFE ARE YOU LIVING?
At this juncture I want you to look at your life and check to know the links of life you are living, so that you may know area where you are to adjust your life to be a more useful person. So let me show you the kind of life people are living:

WORK FOCUSED LIFE: Many folks do love their job so much that it kills all other aspect of their life, many do get their Fulfillment, joy, pleasure only from their jobs, this lead to workaholism, which in some cases it is as bad as drug addiction

PRACTICAL WAYS TO WORK-LIFE BALANCE
To have a work life balance there are steps to be taken, there are things to do to get the best out of life ,PLEASE KNOW THAT WORK-LIFE BALANCE TAKE EFFORT IT DOES NOT COME ON ITS OWN,IT DOES NOT COME BY FASTING AND PRAYER,IT DOES NOT COME ACCIDENTALLY,THERE ARE THINGS TO AND CONTINUE TO DO, they are :
1: Give your attention to God: attending to your God is one of the most important thing in life, in fact it is the most important gift you can give to yourself. If your life must be balance put God first, serve him, give your life to him, worship him, follow him and obey him all your life.
Your job, your leisure, your family must never be allowed to interfere with your relationship with the Lord, anything you do to hurt your relationship with The Lord will come back to haunt you, so embrace God in everything you do and it shall be well with you.

2: Be prayerful: praying to God is another way to say you trust obey and believe in him and committing your ways into his hands makes him to be committed to it and establish your work.
Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established. (Proverbs 16:3 KJV)
Spend time with God daily in prayer and in the word of God,he will in turn step into your life and make things easier for you

3: Dwell on your Purpose: is it not surprising that a whole lots of people are doing what they don’t like and they are not even of quitting.
Most people do feel bad on Monday morning and say thank God it is Friday, it simply shows that they don’t like what they are doing, they are just putting up with it.
Find your purpose and work on it, to live a balance life you are to be doing what you like, not just what will bring you money.

4: Know your job very well: A balance life demand they you know your job inside out ,if you know your job through, through you make life easier for yourself, knowledge help in the place of diligence and excellence, it help you to be more creative and help to do your job better and faster hence you have more time to spare with your family, the job you know very well will also pay you well and secure for you financial rest.

5: Have the right tools for your trade: right tools will make your job easier and give you room to give attention to other things, thereby living a balance life.

6:KNOW YOUR JOB THROUGH THROUGH: Knowing your job make it easier to be done with the right tools, making things easy for you as you accomplish mush in Avery minimal time allowing you tone able to give your attention to other things that are noble and necessary.
https://www.facebook.com/PastorBisiAdewale