Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha
Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused
his army to labor strenuously against Tyre; every head was made bald, and every
shoulder rubbed raw; yet neither he nor his army received wages from Tyre, for
the labor which they expended on it. Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Surely I
will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; he shall
take away her wealth, carry off her spoil, and remove her pillage; and that
will be the wages for his army. I
have given him the land of Egypt for his
labor, because they worked for Me,’ says the Lord God. Ezekiel Chapter 29 verses 18 to 20.
For God [is] not
unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward
his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister. Hebrews
Chapter 6 verse 10.
Does God pay salaries and are his salaries living wages?
Also, how often do the salaries come? How does a person work for God and how
does a person receive the salaries from God? Does God come down to pay the
salaries?
Working for divine purpose is distinct from working for
money. In working for divine purpose, your primary task is to implement and
execute the divine plans and purposes of God for your life. But working for
money means that your primary aim and sole reason for working is money. So
money is your driving force. That is what makes you work. It is not love for
what you do or personal development or a reason to contribute to development as
in the cases of people working their passions. Everything about work for you
boils down to money.
But in the case of people working divine purposes, what
energizes and motivates them to work is the fulfillment of divine purpose. The
basic reason for engaging in any task is always, ‘will the task or
responsibility contribute to the achievement of divine purpose? And considering
that divine purpose is always about God using people to add value to the lives
of other people and bless humanity, divine purpose requires that you give of
God’s highest good and divine deposits for the blessing of humanity.
The prophet Elisha worked for God attending to royalty and
diverse peoples in both Israel and outside Israel. Though he was opportune to
be enriched by the wealthy people he ministered to, Elisha was content to be on
the payroll of God. That explains why he turned down the monetary and material
gifts which Naaman offered to him. Please read 2nd Kings Chapter 5.
Even when Elisha accepted gifts of food items, he gave them to other ministers
who had need of them. Elisha was amply supplied of whatever resources he
required by God. He worked for God and God met his needs.
The Apostle Paul worked for God and not once did he complain
about not having resources for his upkeep. Though he made tents on the side to
pay basic bills, he was amply supplied by God.
The Biblical Joseph did not set out to work for money. He
simply interpreted the dreams of Pharaoh and also provided solutions to the
impending dangers posed by the problem. But in the process, money and power as
well as prestige came his way as he solved personal, national and global
problems.
Beloved, you can work for God and God will remunerate you
way beyond expectations. I know of people who opted to work for God in diverse
areas of life, serving humanity to improve the quality of lives of people. They
have never had to ask anyone for food, material resources and money to train
their children in good schools. God is faithful and will always supply the
needs of His own amply according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. The
choice is yours to make to work for God; that is if God is calling you to work
for Him. Otherwise, stay in your area of secular job where God also placed you
to bless humanity.
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