“First, we work as a means to honor Christ (Eph 6:6-7 and Col 3:23-24)…Any job that blesses others in some way is a way to glorify God…
Second, we work as a testimony to others (1 Tim 5:13-16; Titus 2:3-6, 9-10). If Christ is real, his reality in us should show especially at our place of work, both by excellence in doing our work and excellence in relationships with others.
Finally, we work in order to have something to share with others, as well as to provide for our own needs (Eph 4:28; 2 Thess 3:10-12; Titus 3:14). The New Testament simultaneously urges Christians to be generous and to work to have something to share with others, but it also takes a din view of those who would use the generosity of Christians to indulge their own laziness. The assumption is that God’s normal means of providing for people is through their own work but that in a fallen world there will also be occasions of genuine need (James 1:27; 2:14-17). For such occasions, generosity is a Christian virtue that should be evident among God’s redeemed people, but generosity is impossible unless one works and has something to share.”
John S. Hammett in A Theology for the Church, ed. Daniel L. Akin (Nashville: B&H Publishing, 2007) 366-367.