October 11-12, 2015

LOOKING BACK

Work: What’s God Got to Do With It? The Grand Vision

Well, “what does God have to do with it?” Yes, your daily work, “What’s God Go to Do With It? We all need a Grand Vision in order to answer that question. How important is it? What do you think? After all how much do you work, for how long will you work? It just might be a good idea to find out…What’s God Got to Do With it?

Thinking It Through (agree/disagree/consider/contemplate)

If hard work is the key to success, most people would rather pick the lock. ~Claude McDonald

There aren’t any hard-and-fast rules for getting ahead in the world, just hard ones. ~Unknown

Blest work! If ever thou wert a curse of God, what must His blessings be? ~J.B. Selkirk

Working It Out

1. Describe your work “history” and its overall affect upon your life.

2. How do you hope this series might help you in your current situation?

3. What have you gained from “The Grand Vision” that could help you this week?

4. Check out an additional reading plan, Monday Matters, on the You Version Bible app or website, bible.com.

5. Let us know your questions or comments about this message at gfcnow.com/work.

LOOKING AHEAD TO:

Work: What’s God Got to Do With It? The Great Divide

When it comes to what God has to do with our work, we often think it must have something

with what we do and where we do it. Surely some “jobs” are more important than others to

God, right? But is this Great Divide between secular work and sacred work legitimate? Let’s look

at Colossians 3:22-4:1 to begin our journey.

1. Read this entire little section aloud a few times. Jot down what you think Paul is writing about and what he says about it? (i.e. Is he talking about what we do or something else?)

2. What terms does Paul use to describe a right attitude toward those over us and the work they give us to do?

3. What does he say to masters? (4:1)

4. How important is the word “whatever” in v. 23 to the issue of the Great Divide?

5. Do think it would be harder to be a Christian slave or a Christian master? Why?