1 – Service, such as visiting the needy and speaking of the Lord, turn into pure gold.
2 – Hospitality to family and strangers makes us more Christlike every day of our lives.
3 – We are never too old to labor for the Lord. Serving and living for others actually adds life to our later years. I have seen many examples of this, including Mama Rose.
4 – The work of our humble and weak hands becomes great and mighty in God’s strength.
5 – As we honor one another with our labors, God is honored.
6 – Labor is one way that we can show God’s wonderful love to others without expecting anything in return.
7 – Our spiritual gifts need to be exercised. How can we do that with no labor on our part?
8 – God has much work to be done and He wants to use us to do it.
9 – It is fun! If we accept what God wants us to do, it brings great reward in heaven and pleasure in this life.

I could go on. Some of my favorite people are active volunteers. Their sacrifices don’t seem much like sacrifices to them.