Let’s face it, most of us tend to compartmentalize our lives. Church is for Sunday mornings; an hour or two and we’re good-to-go. And work, well that’s just something we gotta do to pay the bills, get more stuff and relax on the weekends. [Guilty!]
But maybe we should be looking at the bigger picture…
 
In “How Now Shall We Live?” Charles Colson and Nancy Pearcey make the point that Christianity is a worldview that should encompass every part of our lives. When it comes to work, scripture teaches us that all honest labor is a form of serving God, and living according to His plan for us:

In the opening chapters of Genesis, we learn that human beings were made in the image of God, to reflect His character; therefore, we are called to reflect His creative activity through our own creativity – by cultivating the world, drawing out its potential, and giving it shape and form. All work has dignity as an expression of the divine image.

 
The following video, from the High Calling is a wonderful reminder that, rather than regarding our jobs and chores as a daily grind, we should realize that all legitimate forms of labor are really ways in which we’re serving God.
 

 
Rudy concludes with this:

It think it’s mostly about God; doing it for Him. Keeping the place manicured so whenever He looks down and says, “Wow, man, that’s a nice place down there. I wonder who takes care of it.” You know what I mean? I guess that’s why He put me here, you know. I mean I think that the reason He made me was He knew that, I guess, I was going to be working up there, and He thought, “Well, he’s going to do a good job of having the place look nice and not run down to the ground.” You know what I mean?

 
Intent on making sure he’s understood Rudy asks “You know what I mean?” quite frequently. Yes Rudy, I know exactly what you mean. Thank-you for reminding me.