In my early years, I viewed work as a punishment. I felt that it was unfair that I had chores to do. I felt that it was a punishment for being a child, subject to my parents’ whims and commands, rather than the contribution toward the good of the family that it was.

As I got older, however, my views changed on work. I began to earn money from my labor, and this changed everything. I began to see the importance of work in everyday life, as a requirement to earn money and pay for the things that were important to me.

In the financial planning world, there isn’t a topic that gets more press or more discussed than retirement. In fact, retirement is one of the main reasons that people seek financial planning in the first place. Yet, the modern view of retirement is relatively new. There was no concept of retirement back when Jesus lived or the Bible was written. So then, what does the Bible actually say about retirement and how we should live our later years?