Your work is worship when you do it to honor God

Eph 6:5-8 ESV  Bondservants, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ, 6 not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, 7 rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man, 8 knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a bondservant or is free.

Exodus 18: 13 The next day Moses took his seat to serve as judge for the people, and they stood around him from morning till evening. 14 When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he said, “What is this you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit as judge, while all these people stand around you from morning till evening?”

15 Moses answered him, “Because the people come to me to seek God’s will. 16 Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me, and I decide between the parties and inform them of God’s decrees and instructions.”

17 Moses’ father-in-law replied, “What you are doing is not good. 18 You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone. 19 Listen now to me and I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people’s representative before God and bring their disputes to him. 20 Teach them his decrees and instructions, and show them the way they are to live and how they are to behave. 21 But select capable men from all the people—men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain—and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. 22 Have them serve as judges for the people at all times, but have them bring every difficult case to you; the simple cases they can decide themselves. That will make your load lighter, because they will share it with you. 23 If you do this and God so commands, you will be able to stand the strain, and all these people will go home satisfied.”

24 Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he said

What would you tell your son or daughter if they were working and prioritizing their life the way you do?

3 Lesson we learn from Moses workaholism: 

1. Even Godly people can be workaholics: We aren’t successful because of our work and productivity level we’re successful because of our love level.
2. We Need Wise Counsel: Appoint God Fearing Men
3. God Will Direct You and Sustain You. Exodus 18:23 ESV If you do this, God will direct you, you will be able to endure, and all this people also will go to their place in peace.

The Christian worldview of work is this- work is our servant not our master.

Which “Well Done” are you working for?

Live for God’s well done not the world’s well done.

What if your workaholism is showing you where you don’t fully trust God?

The good news of the gospel is that Jesus offers us rest. Our identity is found in Him. We don’t earn, we don’t strive, we don’t deserve, we don’t try harder. We come to Jesus- the finished work of the cross. And we receive ALL that we need. We receive and then we rest in that, abide in that, remain in that, His performance, His righteousness, His peace, His provision, His victory.