Every Christian knows that our salvation is only by grace through faith and not by works. Despite that, we should understand that although we will not be saved through our works, doing good is still important in the sight of God, in spreading the gospel, and also for our own good.
God is the one who first worked in the entire universe. The Bible tells us that He worked for six days to create everything that was created, and only rested on the seventh day. And contrary to how people might think that He's just sitting down and waiting for us, God continues to work and has never stopped working until now.
Work is very important. Because we work, we are able to finish tasks, earn money to support our needs, and even work on things that make us happy. Lazy people will not understand it, but work is very crucial for our lives.
Looking for proof? Here are some Bible verses that would explain to us how important work is.
Genesis 1:31-2:3 – "God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day. Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done."
Proverbs 10:4-5 – "Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth. He who gathers crops in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son."
John 5:16-17 – "So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began to persecute him. In his defense Jesus said to them, "My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working.""
2 Thessalonians 3:7-14 - "For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example. We were not idle when we were with you, nor did we eat anyone's food without paying for it. On the contrary, we worked night and day, laboring and toiling so that we would not be a burden to any of you. We did this, not because we do not have the right to such help, but in order to offer ourselves as a model for you to imitate. For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.""
Matthew 25:24-27 (Parable of the talents) - ""Then he who had received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed. And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is yours.'"But his lord answered and said to him, 'You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed. So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest."
