How do you see God at work throughout the world—locally globally, or both?
The workplace includes how God works through us and also a place where He works inside us, where He conforms us to Christ’s image. We may feel that God is distant from us, but he uses the pressures and difficulties in your job to focus on multiple aspects. He uses the workplace to focus on your faith as we were created to live for God and His glory. Therefore, in whatever we do across the world, we need to do it for the glory of God (NIV, 1 Corinthians 10:31). We do not ultimately work for our own entertainment, pleasure, gain, or self-improvement. Generally, we work for God and also for His glory and that we are required to glorify God in all that we do. God uses our workplace to focus your mind, love, heart, and focus on the witness to other people regarding God.
What could it mean for you to participate in God’s work in and for the world?
One of the reasons I am happy in my toil and do so with gladness of heart is through the recognition that through my labors, I am participating in the work of God. I consider work as not evil or as a result of sin, although it is very true that curse in the Bible resulted in futility and toil into work. Nevertheless, work in itself is good, and it has intrinsic value since I am made in God’s image and that God is a worker.
Which Christian from Marsh’s book Vintage Saints and Sinners resonates deeply with you? How can they help equip and encourage you for your continuing journey?
Dorothy Day resonates well with me for her social activism and the impact she made on Christianity. She fought for the justice of the less privileged and minority individuals in society. She is an exemplary individual who built the future, where are activism activities would provide aid to the homeless and the poor.
References
The Holy Bible: New International Version.