I am reading through the gospel of John...In his high priestly prayer, he says, "I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work you gave me to do...

It made me think again of "work" in the life of the Christian...As surely as Christ was given work to do, so are we..."For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them."...

Why is it, that when we talk of "good works" - plural- we somehow divorce that from ordinary "work' - singular?....The "good works" given us to do are, primarily, our "work" done with a Christian attitude and Christian zeal...

In the biography I recently read of Jonathan Edwards, his wife, Sarah, said she had discovered that her work, done vigorously and joyfully, was as good as building her up spiritually as prayer...

I am so thankful that as we move into the new heavens and new earth, we will continue to be real people doing real work, though with the elements of toil and frustration taken away. I thank God that He is not super-spiritual!