Work

I've been doing a lot of thinking on the subject of working, as far as what does God expect us to do with our careers? Does he expect us to simply work hard so we can earn a ton of money? Or does he want us to follow his calling into a career he has planned for us and he will provide us with money? I feel as though the major misconception is that we are to simply spend our lives working as hard as we can even if it means we are miserable. If you think about it work makes up approximately 40% of our waking hours a week. Don't you think that God plans for us to use our work hours to bring more to him? Can we do that if we are simply working miserably to earn money? I don't think so. I think God has a career path planned out for us that allows us to use our God given gifts in a way that glorifies him and will bring more to him. I have been thinking more and more about this idea and have finally opened up my mind to the idea that maybe God has a career path for me I haven't even begun to consider. Even careers that I had previously shut my mind to I am now open to consider. As I go into College with a career for myself in mind I also am open to the idea that maybe I will have to change my major at some point in my college experience, but this excites me more than makes me nervous. I have no idea what kind of career God has planned for me, but I am looking forward to figuring out what it is he has planned.