Sublime

Work is not some post-fall aberration. Work is a blessing (1:28). Work is a gift. And work is intrinsic to the human creature because it is intrinsic to the Creator himself.

God works, and it follows that because we are made in his image (Genesis 1:26-27), we work too.

There is nothing “secular” about work in the Bible. The Hebrew verb avad is used in the Old Testament for both “work” and “worship.” It is related to our word vocation, which even today is defined first in the Oxford English Dictionary as “the action on the part of God, calling a person to exercise some special function, especially for a spiritual

The key to the blessing, life and anointing of God operating in our lives is our relationship with the Church. For it is through the Church that God’s blessing flows. It is through the Church that God’s life dwells. It is through the Church that God’s anointing is poured out.

“Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man” (Eccles. 12:13).

In God’s economy, everyone benefits by everyone contributing.

Employer/employee relationships provide many opportunities for glorifying God. On both sides of the transaction, we can imitate God, and he will take pleasure in us when he sees us showing honesty, fairness, trustworthiness, kindness, wisdom and skill, and keeping our word regarding how much we promised to pay or what work we agreed to do. The empl

14 The days are surely coming, says the LORD, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. 15In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch to spring up for David; and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. 16In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will live in safety