As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“Proximity and participation matter. Every job requires us to work in the presence of sin. The goal of the Christian life is not to remain in complete isolation from anyone who has ever disobeyed the commands of Scripture.” - TGC
“I don’t see the service industry as drudgery but as a singular opportunity to serve countless people. If I scorn the job God has handed me, I’m thumbing my nose at him, telling him I’m too good for it.” - TGC
“Most of our time is in the workplace, and the second highest lump of time is spent sleeping. One-third of our lives! ….The Bible does have something to say about what we do with one-third of our life in this regard, but we don’t hear messages about this.” - TIFWE
Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. (NKJV, Ge 2:15)
In all labor there is profit, But mere talk leads only to poverty. (NASB20, Pr 14:23)
“We are looking at our job … through a shattered mirror where work, in its brokenness, is unrecognizable from God’s original design. And this is where our graduates find themselves soon after adjusting their tassel: not in their dream job” - IFWE
“We must first see that the Bible takes a dim view of idleness. This is clear in how Proverbs speaks of the sluggard. The word is used 14 times in the book of Proverbs; thus painting a clear and unflattering picture” - byFaith
“…profit for business is like breathing for humans—both are necessary for existence, but very few of us claim that respiration is the ultimate purpose in life.” - IFWE
“Our work itself is an instrument of God’s grace, pushing back the corruptions of the fall through the influence of God’s character and care that we embody — even in the most pressured, difficult, secular, frustrating, and demoralizing workplaces.” - Brian Chapell
“…we more often feel as if work is toilsome, pointless, and fruitless, as if the ground is bearing thorns and thistles just for us. We often believe Genesis 2 while feeling Genesis 3.” - TGC
“It may seem foolish to expect believers in every profession to engage in ‘rigorous theological thinking,’ but such reflection is actually the path of relief and rescue from the daily grind that can seem without meaning or significance.” - TGC
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