Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do 
and doesn’t do it, sins. James 4:17

Do you enjoy going to work every day? When you get to the office, do you enjoy doing the work that's expected of you? As a hospital worker, part of earning your daily living involves meetings, counseling, treating and caring for the sick. Not all who come to our clinics and hospitals are physically sick. Some don't necessarily have to be given medicine. They just need a smile, a loving and caring word.
     
Going cheerfully about one's normal duties can be a way of witnessing to someone. For example, I always love to go to a restaurant where the waiter will first smile before serving the food. Loving your work involves not just doing the daily routine and details of the work or profession but going an extra mile to help those you are serving.

Some of us have a laisser faire attitude toward work. (Read Proverbs 6:6-11.) This may be because we are not enjoying the work. In that case, it is better to pray for a change of job or location, not necessarily a change in profession. Part of the professional training of most vocations is to apply ourselves in our day-to-day activities at our work place and do it diligently.

I hope you are not like the servant who buried his talent. If so, this may explain your experiences at your place of work. What are the examples we lay down for others to follow? Whatever you do, do it as unto the Lord!

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From Patterns for Life, a daily devotional for health professionals.
Copyright 1996, MAP International, Africa (used with permission).