God’s Design of Work-Rest Balance for the Work-Life Balancing World
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Today’s social issue is Work-Life Balance (Wo-La-Bal in Korean) and in pursuit of Work-Life Balance, tension and conflict are developing in which one area is pushed back or sacrificed over the other to achieve satisfaction. However, such confronting approach hinders balancing work and rest. The purpose of this study is to examine work and rest as intended by God. Finding the purpose and goal will offer a way to balance the two. Biblical analysis reveal God instituted work for us to reach achievement and satisfaction through work and instituted rest for us to enjoy life by observing and keeping it. Thus, God had one goal and purpose in making work and rest-providing benefits for our life. This shows that work and rest are to complement each other. The decisive difference between the world’s Work-Life Balance and that of God’s is on the distinction--whether work and rest is in tension and a subordinate relationship or complements and integrated. This article proposes that the church practice work and rest as worship to realize this integrating relationship. God purposed that we connect with Him and our neighbors through work and we achieve the meaning and purpose of our existence. God also regulates the world through resting and rest gives us joy and satisfaction through the cycle of work-rest and the ability to trust our future. Therefore, the church should practice work and rest as worship and realize God’s permanent and integrated purpose.
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Today’s social issue is Work-Life Balance (Wo-La-Bal in Korean) and in pursuit of Work-Life Balance, tension and conflict are developing in which one area is pushed back or sacrificed over the other to achieve satisfaction. However, such confronting approach hinders balancing work and rest. The purpose of this study is to examine work and rest as intended by God. Finding the purpose and goal will offer a way to balance the two. Biblical analysis reveal God instituted work for us to reach achievement and satisfaction through work and instituted rest for us to enjoy life by observing and keeping it. Thus, God had one goal and purpose in making work and rest-providing benefits for our life. This shows that work and rest are to complement each other. The decisive difference between the world’s Work-Life Balance and that of God’s is on the distinction--whether work and rest is in tension and a subordinate relationship or complements and integrated. This article proposes that the church practice work and rest as worship to realize this integrating relationship. God purposed that we connect with Him and our neighbors through work and we achieve the meaning and purpose of our existence. God also regulates the world through resting and rest gives us joy and satisfaction through the cycle of work-rest and the ability to trust our future. Therefore, the church should practice work and rest as worship and realize God’s permanent and integrated purpose.
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