21 Days to Finding Eternal Purpose in Your Daily WorkSample

We’re looking at seven ways our work matters to God. Yesterday we saw our work matters because it is a means of glorifying God. Today, we see work is also a means of living out what Jesus identified as the second greatest commandment: to love your neighbor as yourself.

Excellent work is one of the most practical expressions of this command, as work is simply a means of serving others. If you’re a nurse, you serve others by bringing them back to health. You serve others by solving problems, creating jobs, and generating financial returns if you’re an entrepreneur. If you’re a writer, you serve others by communicating ideas in clear and compelling ways.

As we’ll see in the coming days, God’s Word points to many ways in which our work will matter for eternity, but we must never lose sight of the fact that our work matters today.

Jesus didn’t say, “Love your neighbor as yourself…so you can tell them about me,” or “Love your neighbor as yourself…so you can help build my kingdom.” “Love your neighbor as yourself” was a complete sentence.

Sometimes, we can be tempted to over-spiritualize our work. Jesus reminds us that simply loving our neighbors is good and God-honoring in and of itself and is one of the most fundamental ways in which our work matters to God.