Day 3 - Thorns and Thistles

God created us for a purposeful and powerful work—cultivating fruit and creating life everywhere we go in a way that glorified God. He entrusted man with this work as a distinct and holy gift. Adam and Eve enjoyed a perfect relationship with creation and with their role within it.

The only tree that God withheld from them was the very tree they couldn’t resist. And when they claimed its fruit, the result was a chasm between mankind and our purpose on earth. Sin brought exhaustion to our daily labor where there should have been enjoyment.

But when Jesus entered the world, He shifted careers into callings—inviting fishermen to become fishers of men. Romans 8:20-22 explains how creation itself has been broken and waiting for the reversal of the curse. Our relationship with the world around us has been strained, but all of creation knows and waits for God’s work of redemption. Reversing the curse in our work begins by embracing a God who repurposes thorns and thistles and turns our mundane work into meaningful ministry.

Questions

• Are you bored at work? Are you disengaged with your work-life? How can you connect your work-life to your spiritual walk?
• What’s one thing you can begin this week to turn the mundane of work to something meaningful?