As we studied in the previous devotional, God the Father Himself is still working because Work is a core part of the Kingdom Culture. This Truth eradicates any and every excuse for laziness. The Holy Scriptures open with the Lord working. According to Genesis Chapter One, God demonstrated to us His Work Ethic, revealed in how He worked to bring about the Entire Creation into being. He worked for six days from morning till evening, rested on the Seventh Day and He has commanded us to follow the same Pattern in our work. The Truth is that Work did not come as a result of Adam's fall but instead God already blessed and ordained Work before Adam's disobedience. God established Work for Three Major Purposes: (1.) HE PLACED MAN IN CHARGE OF HIS BELOVED CREATION TO TEND AND WORK IT: (Gen. 2:15) (2.) HE DESIGNED WORK TO PROVIDE FOR US AND MEET OUR MATERIAL NEEDS: (2 Thes. 3:10-12) (3.) HE ESTABLISHED WORK IN ORDER TO EMPOWER US TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED AND TO SPONSOR KINGDOM EXPANSION: (Eph. 4:28)
We as Authentic Christian believers are expected to adopt our work ethic from our Father Himself Who is a Hard Worker. The Lord Jesus Himself is also a Hard Worker. While He was on Earth, He didn't lounge about waiting for His Thirtieth Year in other to launch His Ministry. He worked as a Carpenter and did His Work diligently before His Revelation to the world. We also further learn Work Ethic from the ants (Prov. 6:6). The Book of Proverbs is filled with the importance and benefits of Diligence in Work (Prov. 10:4, 13:4, 14:23).
The Holy Bible tells us that everything that God created was good (Gen. 1:10,12,18,21,25,31). That was due to the fact that God has an Excellent Nature which naturally reflects in His Work. We also learnt in our previous study that God ordained and sanctified Rest through the Law of the Sabbath. Resting before Work is a recipe for laziness wheras working without Rest will undoubtedly rob us of the Benefits of our Work (Prov. 23:4-5).
Since God the Father and Christ Jesus by the Power of the Holy Spirit are still currently working,(Jn. 5:17) we have a Divine Duty to work diligently with all our hearts as unto the Lord, whether it is in our personal work or business, in our Service in the House of God or in the work of Soul winning and Kingdom Expansion (Col. 3:23, Ecc. 9:10).