Psalm 19 says that God reveals Himself to the world by His work. The reward for work is the honor and satisfaction that comes from a job well done. Work should be conducted in a way that produces the highest quality outcome. By this example, it is apparent that work should be productive. Furthermore, Genesis 1:31 declares that, when God viewed the fruit of His labor, He called it “very good.” God examined and assessed the quality of His work, and when He determined that He had done a good job, He took pleasure in the outcome. Because God is inherently good, work is also inherently good (Psalm 25:8 Ephesians 4:28). Therefore, legitimate work reflects the activity of God. These passages reveal that God was the first to do work on the earth. The Bible states that God worked for six days and rested on the seventh day. In the opening passage, God is the primary worker, busy with the creation of the world (Genesis 1:1-15). The origin of work is depicted in the book of Genesis.
Is work a curse, or is it something that humans were uniquely designed to do? In stark contrast to the assertions of Bob Black, the significance and beneficial nature of work is a resounding theme in the Bible. Americans spend approximately 50 percent of their waking hours devoted to work.
In order to stop suffering, we have to stop working.” In a leisure-loving culture, many would wholeheartedly echo Black’s sentiment. Almost any evil you’d care to name comes from working or from living in a world designed for work. Work is the source of nearly all the misery in the world. The beginning of an essay penned by Bob Black in 1985 entitled “The Abolition of Work” read, “No one should ever work.
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