“The Spirit is the giver of all life, and hence all work, as an expression of human life, draws its energy out of the fullness of the divine Spirit’s energy. When human beings work, they work only because God’s Spirit has given them power and talent to work. Without God’s preserving and sustaining grace, no work would be possible.”
Miroslav Volf in Work in the Spirit: Toward a Theology of Work (New York: Oxford University Press, 1991) 121.
We are wrapping up our Faith and Work meetings this morning in Minneapolis, and then I am heading home. I pray that as a result of these discussions, the attendees see work as a gift from God that is preserved and sustained by Him. When workers live in this reality, work becomes worship and another avenue in which we can each reflect God’s generosity.