How Can My Work Bring Glory to God?

Radical with David Platt

David Platt

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🗓️ 13 March 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

What motivates you in the work you do? What does the way you work say about you? Who are you ultimately working for? Given the amount of time most people spend working during their lives, those are important questions. In this message from David Platt, we’ll see not only the way work played a role in God’s redemptive purposes in Nehemiah 3, but also the way in which God designed work from the beginning to be for our good and his glory. Though our work is often difficult and unsatisfying due to the effects of sin, knowing Jesus should transform why we work and the way we work.

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0:00.0	Hey Radical Podcast
0:02.4	podcast listeners. Secret Church 24 is happening April 19th and we don't want you to miss it.
0:08.2	Come be a part of a six hour deep dive into studying the Book of Ruth and praying for the persecuted church
0:14.2	around the world. Register at the best rate today by visiting radical.
0:18.7	net slash Ruth. You are listening to Radical with David Platt, a weekly podcast with sermons and messages from pastor, author, and teacher David Platt.
0:30.0	If you have a Bible and I hope you or somebody around you does that you can look on with
0:35.2	let me invite you over with me to Nehemiah chapter 3 feel free to use table of contents if you need to
0:41.2	Nehemiah chapter of three.
0:44.2	It's in the Old Testament, the first part of the Bible.
0:47.1	And as returning, I want to welcome those of you
0:49.0	at other locations around Metro DC,
0:52.0	as we gather together as a church family around God's word and
0:57.6	especially those of you who are visiting with us today we are really glad that you're here. The majority of you who are
1:06.7	members of this church family spend the majority of your week doing work, either in an office or home or at school,
1:20.1	outside of a church setting.
1:23.0	Think about it this way.
1:25.0	If you work just 40 hours a week for 40 years of your life,
1:31.0	then you will put in over 80,000 hours at a job during your lifetime.
1:40.1	And if you go to college, then kindergarten to college is another 15,000 or so hours preparing to work.
1:49.0	We have 80 students from Penn State is passing through here today and worshiping with us.
1:54.4	So all those hours in education, and then for many there's collective hours commuting on
2:01.6	top of all that. of our
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