Christians often seek work as the result of the fall in the
Garden of Eden. We think in a perfect world that we wouldn’t have to do work at
all and that we could just play and “enjoy life.”
At church, our pastors have gotten together a group of
professional individuals from a variety of fields and invited us to take part
in a class with the theme “Work Matters.” It started this Sunday and began
right at the beginning of the Bible to show that work has been around since the
very beginning.
God worked when he created the Earth and all its
inhabitants. He immediately asked Adam to work as well, putting him in charge
of all of creation and asking him to maintain the garden. That means Adam had
responsibility and something to do every day.
Of course, after the fall, sin made work more difficult and
made us dislike it. But it wasn’t meant to be that way in the beginning.
We are to see work actually as a blessing. It was given to
us by God, and it was given for a reason. If you look at work as an act of
wor(k)ship for an audience of one, it becomes more important and makes you want
to give your all.
Plus, we know that God is in charge of everything. So in
that effect, we’re his subordinate, his employees. When we see him as our boss,
we will want to do quite well at our jobs.
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