God in Work

I'm reading Looking for God by Nancy Ortberg; I'm up to the chapter called Work. Read this:

We were created for work....It matters how we live Monday through Friday. Showing up to work with a renewed sense of purpose and the expectation of contributing both to the task and to other people plays a significant role in what it means to follow Christ."

Her point was that it doesn't matter what we do -- whatever we do offers opportunities to partner with God in his work in the world.

This paragraph was on my mind as I wrote yesterday's post. It's easier to see how the work I do can be in partnership with God now than it was before. BUT, according to Nancy, none of that matters. What matters is that no matter what we do -- our heart's calling or a mundane hourly paying job, we always have an chance to make a difference for God.

It's hard to see that when nothing seems related to God. The difference is that EVERYTHING is related to God.