Discover how Isaiah 60 portrays a vision of future restoration, where all nations bring their work to God. Explore the dignity of labor as a divine calling, debunking myths around job significance. Learn how faith sanctifies everyday tasks, transforming them into acts of worship. The conversation shifts from ambition to glorifying God through work, while also addressing the pursuit of identity beyond professional roles. Embrace grace and gratitude as keys to finding joy and purpose in both work and life.
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Biblical View of Work's Goodness
Work is presented in the Bible as inherently good and dignified, unlike many ancient myths where work is a curse or burden.
God Himself worked to create the world and placed work in the original paradise, highlighting its essential role in human life.
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All Work Honors God
Every type of work, from menial tasks to high-skilled jobs, is a way God loves and cares for the world through people.
Christians should reject job snobbery and see all work as valuable and holy, reflecting God's provision and care.
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Do Your Job with Excellence
To honor God in your work, simply strive to do your job excellently and with care.
Excellence in even ordinary professions, like airline pilots landing planes safely and effectively, pleases God.
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In 'Every Good Endeavor,' Timothy Keller explores the biblical perspectives on work, addressing questions such as the purpose of work, finding meaning in a competitive workplace, and staying true to one's values while advancing in a career. The book is divided into three parts: God's plan for work, our problems with work, and the Gospel and work. Keller emphasizes that work is a gift from God and should be approached with excellence, integrity, discipline, creativity, and passion as acts of worship. He also highlights the importance of understanding work through a Christian worldview, which can provide a foundation for a thriving professional and balanced personal life.
Isaiah 60 describes the new heavens and the new earth. It’s looking to the end of time when God makes everything right—paradise restored. And in this passage, all the nations of the world are bringing their work products.
What is gold and silver? What is the flux and the grain? They’re bringing the products of their work to God as offerings to God. And this means that just as there was work in the original paradise, there’ll be work in the future paradise.
What does that mean for our work? Let’s notice three things: 1) the goodness and dignity of work, 2) what’s wrong with work, and 3) how work can be healed.
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on April 10, 2016. Series: Where We Are Going: The City and the Mission. Scripture: Isaiah 60:1-11, 18-21.
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