Welcome to the For the Gospel podcast where we provide sound doctrine for everyday people.

I'm your host, Kosti Hinn, and I want to talk about the fulfillment that we get from work.

You might think that is a bit of an oxymoron.

Work is work. It's kind of a grind. But I would argue biblically, work should be and was

designed to be fulfilling. Maybe some of you are struggling right now with purpose, restlessness,

anxiety, a lack of motivation. It could be related to other things. I'm not here

to diagnose every other issue, but I would just say it could be, might be related to something

deeper and a lack of purpose and a lack of work and a lack of getting after it with what's right

in front of you. There's a story often told about sled dogs in Alaska.

I've heard some people talk about this before

in that line of work.

And during the off season, sled dogs

can be some of the most challenging animals to work with

because what once brought this high power,

high drive animal, a lot of purpose,

is now removed for a season and then people

bring the sled dogs into their home as pets. Well, no sleds, no pulling, no purpose,

offseason comfort, all of these things. And there was a study they did. What happened?

Well, the dogs didn't relax at all. They didn't enjoy it. You know, they chew the furniture

and wreak havoc in the house because they weren't made for comfort. They didn't enjoy it. You know, they chew the furniture and wreak havoc in the

house because they weren't made for comfort. They weren't made to just sit around. They were made

to pull. And I would argue that more often than not, your issue and my issue is that we're not

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