I find my mission in a sentence from an old book. “We are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God has laid out in advance for us to walk into.” That is to say, drawing from some other translations as well: the person I am is a work of art (a poem), spoken into being by the one who created all things (including language). And the reason I am created by God (Jesus the Christ -- Messiah, rescuer, liberator) is because God has prepared good work for me--useful work, helpful work, work valuable to our common life as people-- and set that work right in front of me so I can’t miss it (although I can turn away). The useful legend isn’t about you or me. It’s about God and us all, getting those good works done. Which might have nothing to do with our employment. That’s just how I see it.
I find my mission in a sentence from an old book. “We are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God has laid out in advance for us to walk into.” That is to say, drawing from some other translations as well: the person I am is a work of art (a poem), spoken into being by the one who created all things (including language). And the reason I am created by God (Jesus the Christ -- Messiah, rescuer, liberator) is because God has prepared good work for me--useful work, helpful work, work valuable to our common life as people-- and set that work right in front of me so I can’t miss it (although I can turn away). The useful legend isn’t about you or me. It’s about God and us all, getting those good works done. Which might have nothing to do with our employment. That’s just how I see it.
Thank you for sharing your view, which makes a great deal of sense to me. The distinction between our employment and our good work is a valuable one.