1. Behold, what I have seen to be good and fitting is to
eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with
which one toils under the sun the few days of his
life that God has given him, for this is his lot.
Everyone also to whom God has given wealth and
possessions and power to enjoy them, and to
accept his lot and rejoice in his toil—this is the gift
of God. For he will not much remember the days of
his life because God keeps him occupied with joy in
his heart.
Ecclesiastes 5:18-20 (ESV)
2. For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not
busy at work, but busybodies. Now such persons we
command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do
their work quietly and to earn their own living. As for you,
brothers, do not grow weary in doing good.
2 Thessalonians 3:11-13 (ESV)
and to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs,
and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so
that you may walk properly before outsiders and be
dependent on no one.
1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 (ESV)
3. For even when we were with you, we would give
you this command: If anyone is not willing to
work, let him not eat.
2 Thessalonians 3:10 (ESV)
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep,
and an idle person will suffer hunger.
Proverbs 19:15 (ESV)
4. The desire of the sluggard kills him,
for his hands refuse to labor.
Proverbs 21:25 (ESV)
Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him
labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so
that he may have something to share with
anyone in need.
Ephesians 4:28 (ESV)
6. And on the seventh day God finished his work that
he had done, and he rested on the seventh day
from all his work that he had done. So God blessed
the seventh day and made it holy, because on it
God rested from all his work that he had done in
creation. These are the generations of the heavens
and the earth when they were created, in the day
that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.
When no bush of the field was yet in the land and
no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for
the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land,
and there was no man to work the ground,
7. …The Lord God took the man and put him in the
garden of Eden to work it and keep it.
…Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed
every beast of the field and every bird of the
heavens and brought them to the man to see what
he would call them. And whatever the man called
every living creature, that was its name. The man
gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the
heavens and to every beast of the field. But for
Adam there was not found a helper fit for him.
Genesis 2:2-5,15, 19-20 (ESV)
8. I. Whatever Your Job Is, View It As a Blessing
II. View Your Job As A Bridge
9. So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good
to everyone, and especially to those who are of
the household of faith.
Galatians 6:10 (ESV)
10. Let each of you look not only to his own
interests, but also to the interests of others.
Philippians 2:4 (ESV)
11. Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the
best use of the time. Let your speech always be
gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may
know how you ought to answer each person.
Colossians 4:5-6 (ESV)
12. …but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as
holy, always being prepared to make a defense
to anyone who asks you for a reason for the
hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and
respect, having a good conscience, so that,
when you are slandered, those who revile your
good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.
1 Peter 3:15-16 (ESV)
13. I. Whatever Your Job Is, View It As a Blessing
II. View Your Job As A Bridge
III. View Your Job As A Building Project
14. Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord
and not for men, knowing that from the Lord
you will receive the inheritance as your reward.
You are serving the Lord Christ.
Colossians 3:23-24 (ESV)
15. For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's
field, God's building. According to the grace of
God given to me, like a skilled master builder I
laid a foundation, and someone else is building
upon it. Let each one take care how he builds
upon it. For no one can lay a foundation other
than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Now if anyone builds on the foundation with
gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw—
16. …each one's work will become manifest, for the
Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed
by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work
each one has done. If the work that anyone has
built on the foundation survives, he will receive
a reward. If anyone's work is burned up, he will
suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but
only as through fire.
1 Corinthians 3:9-15 (ESV)
