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OPINION DECEMBER 31, 2021 – PAKISTAN LINK – P11

n By Dr James Thrasher Green Heroin vs the Call to Work Work has great significance in God’s
PA providential plan for man. From the begin-
ning, God has intended to use man’s call to
ddiction to government handouts work for His glory because every aspect of life

continues to be a significant eco- is worship. Colossians 3:23 says “whatever you
Anomic and societal issue. Recently, do, work at it with all your heart, as working
some authors have sounded the alarm by for the Lord not for man.”

tagging the current CARES The workplace is part of God’s divine
Act freebies as a form of strategy to use workers as transforming and

“green heroin.” This addic- restorative agents by pointing others to
tion to green dollars has Christ. It was God’s intention that true soul
caused free-lunch addicts to satisfaction would come from an honest day’s
lose their desire to work. work. Proverbs 13:4 contrasts the worker and
The reality is that 150 the sluggard by stating “the soul of the slug-

million people received gard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of
$1,200 stimulus checks, and 25 million people the diligent is supplied.” Through work we can

received a weekly $600 addition to their un- love and serve our neighbor. Work provides
employment checks, and the handouts keep income for tithes and offerings that should be

coming. Unfortunately, this new cash has cre- shared with the church and people in need.
ated some new users and cemented a depen- “ G r e e n heroin” is advancing an opioid-
dency outlook with many established addicts. like dependency on entitlement dollars. This

Why would the unemployed look for work, dependency contradicts God’s call to work.

take a job, or return to work when they can The only way to break the chains of this ad-
make more money collecting stimulus and diction is to see God’s purposes in the calling

unemployment checks? ment CARES program have prompted a vital fill the earth and subdue it. Work is not a re- of work as an indispensable way in which He

This unprecedented large-scale govern- and foundational question: Why work? sponsibility placed on man because of the fall, is caring for human beings and renewing His

ment handout of money has produced this Work matters. And to those of us of reli- but rather a high calling and privilege given world. (Dr Jim Thrasher is the Senior Advisor

freshly normalized perspective for some in gious persuasion, work matters to God, now to us by God from the beginning. The call to to the Vice President for Student Recruitment
our country. Freebies incentivize Americans and eternally. Work is inherently good. God work charges us to pursue excellence and to and the coordinator of the Institute for Faith &
not to work, which has dire consequences was, is, and will continue to be a worker. We be faithful stewards of employment opportu- Freedom’s working group on calling)

across the economy. The effect of this is being
experienced by businesses, many of which are Matthew Nicaud, in his article “Government Handouts Continue SWEETS FROM P1
unable to open their doors or are having to officially handed over to a representative of

curtail their hours because they cannot find a to Stagnate Economic Output,” states that “there is perhaps no the Indian High Commission at the Ministry

sufficient labor source. more destructive force to destroy the motivation and work ethic of of Foreign Affairs at 10:30 am, the statement

Matthew Nicaud, in his article “Govern- added.
ment Handouts Continue to Stagnate Eco- a workforce than the sedative of government handouts.” He adds: On the other hand, the Indian Ministry of

nomic Output,” states that “there is perhaps “when government doles out the entitlement dollars to the citizens, External Affairs in New Delhi handed over the
no more destructive force to destroy the moti- list of Indian nuclear installations and facilities
vation and work ethic of a workforce than the it sends a message that the nanny state will provide some or all of to a representative of the Pakistan High Com-
sedative of government handouts.” He adds: mission at 11:00 pm hours (IST).

“when government doles out the entitlement “The agreement provides, inter alia, that
dollars to the citizens, it sends a message that are His image-bearers. A component of this nities, abilities, and time to serve our Creator both countries should inform each other of
the nanny state will provide some or all of image-bearing is being created in His likeness and our fellowman. God compels us to work their Nuclear Installations and Facilities with-
their income.” Consuming and relying upon as workers. God designed us to work, and it is and earn our keep. Work is a divine duty, and in the definition of the Agreement on 1st Janu-

this nanny-state sedative has chilling implica- an essential part of our humanity. all vocational callings have dignity. Legitimate ary of each calendar year,” the statement read,
tions for America. By God’s command, Adam and Eve were work is good and important to God as He adding that this practice has been followed
The tangible implications of the govern- to tend and care for the Garden of Eden and to works out His purposes in our lives. consecutively since 1992.

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