The passerby thought about their answers and concluded that the first bricklayer laid brick because that was his job. Nothing more – just a job to earn money.
The second bricklayer laid brick because he had a goal – to build a building as something to show for his time at a job.
The third bricklayer laid bricks with his eyes toward heaven.
Category: obedience
Man on the Run
The man knew of the violence in this city and figured the people were so bad, they didn’t deserve to hear the warning of the pending disaster. Let them die, he thought. Because there was nothing appealing about his assignment or the people to whom he was to deliver the warning, he secretly decided to forgo the assignment altogether.
Dare to be Different
The other government officials were intensely jealous of Daniel. One of the officials said, “We will never find any basis for charge against this man unless it has something to do with the law of his God.”