But on its own, it has no possibility of survival or well-being. Wine, oil and bread were staples of life in ancient Near Eastern culture, and each requires ingenuity and purposeful labour to be produced. The sun rises . . . Too easily we reduce God's magnificent design to a bland reflection of the reality, or transform it into a secular counterfeit. Life is not simply a task to be achieved, an endless construction of a viable world made by effort and human ingenuity.
Purposeful labour is part of the order of creation.
Do your work, then, with a consciousness of God's presence, in response to God, in honour of God. Treat your work as part of what it means to be human, as part of your daily worship. You too were created for God's pleasure. There is a time to labour, and a time to rest. The vast diversity and beauty of life on earth give us some idea of the wealth of God's creativity and resources, and the range and precision of his thoughts.