Oakwood Community Church

“Bondservants, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ, not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.”
Ephesians 6:5-6

All work is a gift, so give thanks for the work God has called you to do

“Bondservants, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ, not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.” Ephesians 6:5-6

God and the Rest of the Week

1. The Gift of Work

2. The Struggle of Work

3. The Call to Work

4. The Gift of Rest

All work is a Gift

• A gift of God to us → Gratitude
• A gift of God through us → Service

“Be filled with the Spirit… submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.” Ephesians 5:18,21

All work is a Gift

• A gift of God to us

“In the beginning, God created… And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done.” Genesis 1:1; 2:2

All work is a Gift

• A gift of God to us
- to create and cultivate, as He did

“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion…” Genesis 1:28

All work is a Gift

• A gift of God to us → Gratitude

“Bondservants, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ.”
Ephesians 6:5

All work is a Gift

• A gift of God to us → Gratitude

“As bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, rendering service with a good will, as to the Lord and not to man.” Ephesians 6:6-7

All work is a Gift

• A gift of God through us→ Service

“As bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, rendering service with a good will, as to the Lord and not to man.” Ephesians 6:6-7

All work is a Gift

• A gift of God through us→ Service

“Praise your God, O Zion! For he strengthens the bars of your gates… He makes peace in your borders.”
Psalm 147:12-14

All work is a Gift

• A gift of God through us→ Service

“The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season. You open your hand; you satisfy the desire of every living thing.” Psalm 145:15-16

All work is a Gift

• A gift of God through us→ Service

“As bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, rendering service with a good will, as to the Lord and not to man.” Ephesians 6:6-7

“Not only are the most modest jobs - like plowing a field or digging a ditch - the “masks” through which God cares for us, but so are the most basic social roles and tasks, such as voting, participating in public institutions, and being a father or mother. These are all God’s callings, all ways of doing God’s work in the world, all ways through which God distributes his gifts to us.”
-- Tim Keller, Every Good Endeavor