The average American spends an average of 7.
6 hours at work, 1 hour getting to and from work, 8.
6 hours sleeping and 1.
7 hours doing household chores.
After all this, we have approximately 4.
7 hours to exercise, eat, go shopping, watch TV, meditate, check our emails, text, Facebook and Twitter.
Considering you spend more awake time at work than with your family, wouldn't it be nice to know if what you were doing (work) was your calling? Work that satisfies a need.
We spend more time at work than we do engaged in activities that stimulate our imagination and satisfy our soul's craving for satisfaction.
But did you know that if you were not doing what you were uniquely gifted and created to do, you could be keeping someone else hostage? The presence of a gift (or talent) is the tangible proof of a need waiting to be filled by YOU.
Think of the last time you bought a gift for someone special.
You (hopefully) thought of what they would enjoy, then you thought of how useful the gift will be to them in their everyday lives.
Well, the Creator of the Universe has done the same thing with you.
He thought of the needs of the world, gave you specific tools to fit an exact need and then sent you here to fulfill your destiny.
Think someone else is also here waiting to do the same thing for you.

1. You are created to do good works.
   You were sent here to do something very big and very important.
   It was decided long before you were born.
   New Testament scripture gives you your reason for being.
   You were created to exert effort in accomplishing something worthwhile that will benefit the world.
   Do you know what your good work is?
2. To do this good work you were given Tools -unique talents, gifts, abilities.
   The evidence is in my drawing.
   My son always laughs at my attempts to draw.
   His drawings resemble objects we see in everyday life while mine look like stick men with heads.
   We are all as different as snow flakes.
   With this diversity comes a kaleidoscope of talents that appeal to a variety of audiences.
   Do you know how to use your natural aptitude, talents and abilities to achieve your work?
3. Any career path you choose should have at its core - benefits to others.
   To be of service to others you must perform your assignment with excellence.
   An excellent performer has the world as a platform to capture the attention of others.
   What do you excel at? What do you do so naturally that others ask for your help in this area? What do you do so easily that you don't think it is much of a big deal?
4. The worker is worthy of his wages.
   A New Testament truth that confirms the validity of earning a wage from your work.
   The more you use your unique gifts and traits, the better you become.
   The more you fill a need, the more you earn.
   Your good work is profitable not only to those you provide a service to but it is profitable to you as well.
   
5. A wise man suggested that a man can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in his work.
   He felt that this was a gift from GOD.
   If you are not satisfied with your work, then ask yourself: Do I use what I am gifted at daily? If not you are missing out on the greatest gift of job satisfaction.
   

After reading this don't just rush off to do the many things you are busy doing.
Rather take time to meditate- ponder, contemplate, reflect on your own life and what you can do fulfill your calling.