Work as Worship
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โข If you could do only one thing for the rest of your life, what would it be and why?ย
โข When you hear the word โwork,โ what is the first thing that comes to mind?ย
โข Recall a time when you worked really hard for something. What was your motivation?ย
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๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ ๐ฎ:๐ญ๐ฑ
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ, ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐บ, ๐ข๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต.ย ๐๐ข๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ฏ:๐ฎ๐ฏโ๐ฎ๐ฐ
Many people think work is simply a way to earn a living. Others see work as something separate from their spiritual lives. But Scripture presents a very different picture. Before sin entered the world, God gave humanity work. This tells us that work is not a curse but part of Godโs good design. Today weโll discover that God intended our work to be an act of worship.
๐ญ. ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ต๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ.ย
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ ๐ฎ:๐ญ๐ฑ
Before sin entered the world, God placed Adam in the Garden of Eden to work and care for it. This reminds us that work is not a punishment for sin but part of Godโs good design for humanity. Therefore, work is not a curse but a blessingโa gift from God. He created us to work, giving us the privilege and responsibility of caring for what He has entrusted to us. Though work is often difficult because of the Fall, every kind of honest work still has dignity because it comes from God. Because God is the one who blessed us with work, what should our attitude be towards it?
๐ฎ. ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ ๐ฎ:๐ญ๐ฑ
God commanded Adam to โworkโ and โkeepโ the gardenโto cultivate it, care for it, and faithfully steward what God had entrusted to him. Interestingly, the words translated โworkโ and โkeepโ are later used to describe how the priests served God in the Tabernacle (Numbers 3:7โ8; 8:25โ26). This suggests that from the very beginning, God intended our daily work to be an act of worship. Worship, therefore, is not limited to singing, praying, or serving in church. Whatever God has entrusted to us, we can do as an act of worship because we ultimately serve the Lord. If work is one expression of our worship to God, what does Colossians 3:23 teach us about the attitude we should have toward our work?
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โข What is one thing from our lesson today that has challenged your view of work and Godโs call for us? Think of one attitude or action that you think should change starting this week in response to this.ย
โข How do you think you can be more intentional in approaching your work as worship unto God? Write this down in your journal and reflect on it for the rest of the week.ย
โข Identify at least one truth from our lesson today that encouraged you. To whom can you share this truth? How will you share it with him or her?ย
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โข Thank God for blessing us with work as a way to worship Him and to take part in what He is doing in the world.ย
โข Ask God to help us see our workโeven though it is hard or imperfectโas a blessing and a way to worship Him. Pray for grace, strength, and excellence to work as unto the Lord, not man.ย
โข Pray for our work to be a blessing not just to us and our families, but to those around us. As we worship God through our work, may others see and know Him.