The Gift and Paradox of Work

Kenny Benge preached a sermon entitled “The Gift and Paradox of Work” on February 4, 2012.  Work is a pervasive part of our everyday experience—a good part of our waking hours are given to it.  Theologians describe work as a creation ordinance, one of the fundamental aspects of God’s created order. He has made us to work…One the one hand, work is a gift and responsibility created and ordained by God at Creation; On the other hand, as a result of the Fall in Genesis 3, we know that work was cursed by God, thorns and thistles (literally and metaphorically) are promised to follow our work.