For various reasons, when people engage the Bible, they don't see very readily how it relates to their work.

Many people functionally share this belief that work has no greater meaning than the paycheck it provides. A natural consequence of this faith commitment is the belief it's okay to do mediocre work so that in your free time you can enjoy your true passions.

We may get a paycheck, but over time what we sense is the dying of our souls.

When we try to find our sense of security, value, worth from our work, we'll find ourselves anxiety-ridden and burdened.

When people criticize our work, whether that work is a spreadsheet, a coffee, or our children, we take it very personally as if they were attacking us. This response shows how instead of taking criticism in ways that help us in our work, we become easily defensive and negative.

Our identity was bestowed upon us by God and when humanity rebelled against God, we were divorced from the source of our identity. In this vacuum, work can wrongfully become the source of our identity wreaking havoc on our lives and work. Work was never meant to carry the weight of our identity.

People not only need a gospel-inspired vision of work, but they need a new vision of the Scriptures.