These were group-time lessons used for Cornerstone's Family Camp. The room was split into three groups. The speaker introduced the topic (Key Idea) the led the groups through a series of questions and then had them brainstorm actions. Each topic took 20 minutes.
Work (Colossians 3:23-24)
Key Idea
Your job is your God-designed ministry.
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. – Col. 3:23-24
God is the one who hires you and fires you and transfers you to another position. Not your boss. Your job is one way that God infiltrates the world, transforming it by his presence in his people. Sometimes we like to separate our home and family life from the “real world” of the job, but that is not how the Bible looks at it.
Every person you help at work is being helped by the hands and feet of God (Matt. 25:31ff). Every product you produce at work is an offering by you to God (Gen. 4). Every meeting you attend is more about the people in the room than the things you accomplish.
Questions
These are questions you should ask yourself about this passage:
As you read the chapter, why do you think Paul had to write these instructions in the first place (see also Col. 3:17)? What tendency was he trying to counteract?
What reasons do we give for slacking? What reasons do we give for over-involvement in work?
What motivations does Paul give serving in vs. 17, 23-25
Action
List three ways we can be God’s hands and feet at work? How can God’s kingdom invade my office or workplace?
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