-THE GOODNESS
OF WORK ~~

Genesis 1:26-31
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God said, "Let us
make man in Our
image, according to
Our likeness."
--Genesis 1:26
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Some Christians grow up believing work is bad--that it's a curse brought about by sin. Left uncorrected, this mistaken belief can cause people to feel that what they do in their jobs every day isn't important to God--or isn't as important as the work of missionaries and pastors. This is not true, as Genesis 1:26-31 teaches us.

Here we see that God Himself works, as evidenced by the labor involved in creation and by the fact that He rested on the seventh day. And we were made in His image (v.26) and were granted dominion over creation. This implies that we are to work to tend creation. Clearly, the tending of God's creation is work--noble work, for God looked upon His labors and declared them "very good" (v.31). cross

It mustn't escape our notice either that work was declared good before sin entered the picture. In other words, work didn't result from the fall and therefore is not a curse. We see this idea again in Genesis 2, when God "took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it" (v.15).

Let's approach each day's labor--whether at a job or an activity to help our family--with an awareness of the dignity and nobility God granted it in creation.
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God, give me work till my life shall end--
and life till my work is done. ~~

ODB/RK
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What Can I Bring to You?
....simply a song of love, and boundless gratitude,
my whole life for You.


Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." [John 14:6]