West Pines Community Church

The story of creation in the Bible is extremely revealing. Particularly insightful is what God immediately did with the first human he created. He put him to work. He planted a garden with the intention of humans working it and caring for it. But does that mean God just created a bunch of worker drones to do His dirty work? If we look a little closer that is not the dynamic happening here. We learn from this passage that humanity is WIRED FOR WORK. God’s original intention is that we would feel wholly fulfilled and satisfied by work. However, we would all admit that work doesn’t feel like that. Work is hard and difficult and often unfulfilling. Something changed. It is immensely helpful for us to understand humanity’s relationship to work. When we know God’s intentions for humanity and how the story unfolded, we are far better equipped for work.