We were created to work. There was work before there was the fall. Adam and Eve were not placed on a beach. They were placed in a garden, given the task of cultivating it. Work was the initial way in which they worshiped.
Scripture Focus: Luke 19:12-19; Matthew 6:19-21; Revelation 22:5
"Because you have been faithful in a very little thing, you are to be in authority over ten cities."
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven."
"They will reign forever and ever."
People say that even unbelievers understand there's nothing more satisfying than a job well done. And you are made in the image of a God who is a builder, an archaeologist, an artist, an explorer, a God who is a zoologist—who makes animals that burrow, swim, fly and climb - who expresses His artistry in the heavens that He has made.
We were made to reflect and image that God.
Therefore, in heaven, we will not just rest, we will reign.
In heaven, there will be no time clocks, no paychecks.
In Genesis 2:15, God put Adam in the garden to work it. That Hebrew word abad is the same word used for worship—to serve God. Work in heaven is worship.
In the garden, God was a gardener.
In the incarnation, He was a carpenter.
And the Scripture details that those who reign and work alongside Him will establish arts, parks, gardens, forests.
In Isaiah 65, speaking of the coming kingdom, it says, "They will build houses and plant vineyards."
Now listen—the level of responsibility we have in the new earth is a direct reflection of the way we live here.
In Luke 19, there's a parable starting in verse 12. A nobleman calls ten of his servants, gives them money, and says, "Do business with this until I come back." When he returns, the first slave says, "Master, your mina has made ten minas more." And the master says, "Well done, good slave. Because you have been faithful in a very little thing, you are to be in authority over ten cities."
Do you know what's interesting to me?
In the parable, it's the person who thought they had such little talent to steward that is rebuked. The person who said, "What was I supposed to do with this anyway?"
Regardless of your station, talent, gifting and abilities. One day, if you are a christian, you are going to be with Christ in glory and the level of responsibility you wield there is in proportion to the faithfulness with which you lived here.
Jesus says it plainly in Matthew 6. Why would you lay up for yourself treasures on earth where moth and rust destroy? It's not just a command. It's a logical deduction. Why would you live for this world? It's fleeting, fading, fragile. A wisp. A breath. A blink.
Lay up for yourself treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy.
Are you stewarding the life, gifts, time, and money God has given you as if eternity is at stake—because it is?
Is there a "dollar in your pocket" that you're treasuring more than your inheritance in glory?
What would change in your daily work and service if you genuinely believed that your faithfulness here directly shapes your role there?
Stay dialed in.