Work

After God got the ball rolling in the Garden of Eden the Bible says that God put Adam in it to work (page 3 of The Story). As has been pointed out by others throughout the ages, the idea of work comes BEFORE the fall of humankind so we can't link work to sin (Unfortunately I can't seem to convince my 6 year old daughter of this!).

We all have a responsibility to work hard. It's a principle throughout the Bible and we are told in the New Testament to do our work as unto the Lord. In other words - work for an audience of One. The good news is that our worth and value in God's sight do NOT come from what we do. God loves US - not what we do to make a living.

So today many of us are heading off to our respective places of employment. Others will be working from home or in the home. We'll be teaching, practicing medicine or law, driving, researching, studying, serving, cleaning, creating, computing, managing, listening, speaking, training, traveling, etc. How will we do our work?

We'd like to know what kind of work you do. Take a moment and comment about what you enjoy as it relates to your work. What brings you satisfaction? What causes you grief? What vision do you have for improving your work experience? How do you share the love of Christ with those in your workplace?