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iQuestions Faculty, Ron Blue 
 
 
Question: 
 
Should I ever stop working? 
 
Answer: 
 
You know, there’s a great myth in American culture today, and that is 
when I reach a particular age, I can quit working. I think, from a 
biblical standpoint, that retirement is not biblical. But, I do believe that 
re-hirement is biblical. In other words, it may be when you reach 
retirement age that you change vocations.  
 
It’s been my experience—I think statistically it’s been proven—when 
people quit working and retire to a life of leisure, their life expectancy 
drops dramatically. In fact, I’ve seen one study that says when 
somebody quits completely they have about a three-year life 
expectancy—because all of a sudden, they’ve lost purpose and 
meaning.  
 
I know a fellow that retired and his purpose is to play golf 365 days a 
year. Well, that gets pretty old—and there’s no meaning to that, 
there’s no purpose to that.  
 
I believe God has prepared us experientially, when we reach what 
would be called retirement age, what He’s done is He’s really prepared 
us for something more significant—it is to use the wisdom and 
experience I’ve been given to continue to make a contribution to my 
church and my culture, my family and my grandchildren, and so forth. 
 
So, retirement to a life of leisure? No. But retirement to be re-hired? 
Yes. 
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