When the Bible Tells Us To “Do Good Works” Does That Include Our Careers?

by Dave Kahle

           Most Christians are familiar with this verse:
 

           “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10 (NIV)
 

           Just a little bit of thought raises the questions: What are those good works? How do we know them? Our minds immediately cite things like helping the poor and supporting missionaries. Some of us may think of the projects and programs promoted by the institutional church. Once we have those top of the mind issues on the list, is there anything else? Specifically, we spend most of our days in the marketplace. So, Is what we do for a living a ‘good work?’
 

           Let’s look at some of what the Bible has to say.
 

           In Genesis 2:2, we learn that God worked, and Adam, the first man, was given the charge to “work the garden and care for it.” (Genesis 2:15) Following this lifetime purpose, God gave Adam a task that fit within that purpose: To name the animals. God brought the animals to Adam and Adam named them. This is the first recorded instance of God preparing a good work, assigning it to a man, and then working with him to complete the task.
 

           Let’s note a couple of things about this event. First, the nature of the task wasn’t ‘churchy’ in the sense most of us think of ‘good works’ today. The task was to create a way to better communicate with God. Prior to this, Adam couldn’t speak with God about the animals, as there were no words for them. So, God engaged Adam in a specific task to solve an urgent problem. The result of this task was Adam co-creating with God a more organized and sophisticated world.

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           Notice the teamwork. God assigned a task to Adam and then worked with him to complete that task. This set the precedent for how God has worked with mankind ever since. God assigns a task and then works with us to complete that task. We see this pattern repeated over and over again in the pages of scripture. Think of any Biblical character, and you’ll see that pattern in his/her life. Moses, Noah, Joseph, Abrahm, Saul, David, Jesus, Paul, etc.
 

           Fast forward to the New Testament, and we discover that God has added an additional layer of import to the idea:
 

              ^“23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, ²⁴ since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.” Colossians 3:23-25, NIV
 

         Now, it is not just a matter of completing a task, it is doing it with the motivation that you are working for the Lord in whatever you do. While some specific tasks may still be given to individuals by God, the criteria has changed. Now, instead of only tasks given to us by God, the issue is our attitude toward “whatever” we find ourselves doing. We are to work hard at every task. Instead of the emphasis being on the task, it has shifted. Now, the nature of the task is less important than the attitude of the person engaged in the task. It is not about what we do, it’s about for whom we do it.
 

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