“God of heaven and earth, we pray for your kingdom to come, for your will to be done on earth as it is in heaven. Teach us to see our vocations and occupations as woven into your work in the world this week. For mothers at home who care for children, for those whose labor forms our common life in this city, the nation and the world, for those who serve the marketplace of ideas and commerce, for those whose creative gifts nourish us all, for those whose callings take them into the academy, for those who long for employment that satisfies their souls and serves you, for each one we pray, asking for your great mercy. Give us eyes to see that our work is holy to you, O Lord, even as our worship this day is holy to you. In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.”
Steve Garber in Visions of Vocation: Common Grace for the Common Good (Downers Grove: IVP, 2014) 239.
Steve Garber, another one of the speakers at this gathering in Minneapolis, offers us this prayer in his new book. In a word, it is a prayer for perspective.
Perspective to see ourselves, our work and our world through the lens of a working God who has called us to bring Him glory and reflect His generosity through our work, whatever it may be. May this “Prayer for Vocations” open your eyes to this perspective today.