The Bible Speaks to You September 10, 1966 Issue

[The above is an abbreviated, postproduction text of the program released for broadcast the week of August 26—September I in the radio series, "The Bible Speaks to You." Heard internationally over approximately 1,000 stations, the weekly programs are prepared and produced by the Christian Science Committee on Publication, 107 Falmouth Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.]

RADIO PROGRAM NO. 231 - What Makes a Job Worthwhile?

Announcer: To someone who's dissatisfied with his work because it seems to lack value and purpose, the answer to the question, "What makes a job worthwhile?" may be as important as finding a reason for existing.
Questioner: What can you say to anyone who is seeking a deeper sense of purpose in his work?
Speaker: Isn't it basically what one brings to a job that gives him a sense of purpose? Two individuals could be working at the identical same job but have completely different attitudes toward it.

I remember years ago when I was connected with a firm which manufactured and erected fencing that life to some of the people who worked on the erecting crews was just one pesthole after another while others working right along beside them thought of the job in terms of the finished product—what the fence would do for the people who bought it, after it was erected. To them it was an interesting, satisfying job.

Doesn't this indicate that one doesn't necessarily have to depend on a certain type of job to bring him a sense of purpose, but that he can bring a deeper sense of purpose to the job?
Questioner: How exactly?
Speaker: The Bible is eloquent on this subject. For example, Paul writes (II Cor. 9:6-8): "He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you: that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work."
Questioner: How can this help somebody on a job that may not seem very worthwhile?
Speaker: I think lie must start with an understanding of what man's purpose is. In Christian Science we learn that no matter what the human picture seems to be man as God's likeness, has a divine purpose and this divine purpose is to express the qualities of God. Each individual is always needed to express the wholeness and completeness of God divine Love, and this truth can be demonstrated right now in human experience by everybody.