Walking in Wisdom
Week six - Wise in our Work
Proverbs 16:1-3
We partition our lives - live to work, work to live, job vs side hustle, work life and home life
We also identify ourselves by our work - Who are you and what do you do?
Work - self-provision or
Vocation - a form of worship to God and
- Work for
To humans belong the plans of the heart,
but from the Lord comes the proper answer of the tongue.
All a person’s ways seem pure to them,
but motives are weighed by the Lord.
Commit to the Lord whatever you do,
and he will establish your plans. —Proverbs 16:1-3
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. —Colossians 3:23-24
- Work with
1 The Lord detests dishonest scales,
but accurate weights find favor with him.
3 The integrity of the upright guides them,
but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity. —Proverbs 11:1 & 3
Better a little with righteousness
than much gain with injustice. —Proverbs 16:8
- Work
Lazy hands make for poverty,
but diligent hands bring wealth —Proverbs 10:4
A sluggard’s appetite is never filled,
but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied. —Proverbs 13:4
What you do matters?
Wisdom = knowledge
Christianity was the first worldview to dignify manual labor. Instead of a class system that assigned less dignified work to “less worthy persons,” Christianity framed labor as “good” and “honest” and having the blessing of God.
When we assume a heart posture of love and sacrifice, ground it in a Biblical vision of the good and the true, and proceed to work and serve others with excellence, we invite glory into the economy and society. —paraphrased from John Mark Comer