Well, last time we talked about Christians who work on Sundays in episode number 1389

today in episode 1390.

We talk about Christians who work every day.

If the question comes from Samantha, hello, Pastor John, I'm honored to work in a very

demanding field in DC alongside a number of other young Christians who also work very

hard.

I think it's safe to say we are overworking.

It would be pretty normal for me and other young associates to put in seven day work weeks.

The phone is never off, text never stop, the work never ends.

It's immersive, work is life, and as much as we bonnet, we struggle to know what to do

in the moments when we are not working.

Work gives us our cues for action in life of what to do next, and thus our work can undermine

relationships and meaningful church involvement, everything that is not work.

Even if we are not officially forced to work every day, the desire for advancement and

for future success and for achieving financial security are such strong draws that to stop

working feels like losing momentum to others in a very competitive career field.

That's my world right now, and it doesn't feel healthy.

Now, what point does vocational diligence become corrupting idolatry?

Seems to me that Samantha already has such an amazing grasp of the tale, tale, signs

of idolatry in the way she describes her situation.

The best thing I can do is to give her perhaps a fresh set of categories for how to think

about this, not at all, contradicting what she's already seen, but just coming at it a

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