The Story of Work

Kyle Kauffman // May 14 2023

God gave people specific commands from the start “to be fruitful and multiply, to fill the earth and subdue it.” And then he puts Adam and Eve in the garden to “Work it and Keep it” God intends for us to be people who cultivate the earth in order to make it better, and who use our gifts and abilities to work as an act of worship to Him and love and service to our neighbors. Work is a good gift from God and not a necessary evil we must do to survive. But since the fall, work has come under a curse. Work is now full of difficulty and fraught with danger. And yet work is still a gift to us where we are able to put the skills and abilities God has given to us to work for a good purpose of worshiping God, serving our neighbor, and providing for our families. God has created us uniquely and gives us individual callings, abilities, and gifts that shape how we do that specifically in each or our lives. And he calls us to work in such a way where we depend on him each day. 

Genesis 1:26-28; 2:1-3, 8-9, 15; 3:17-19