YOU ASKED FOR IT (Part 4) // Work/Life Balance

Scripture rarely talks about . It often talks about .

The Lord God placed the man in the Garden of Eden to tend and watch over it. Genesis 2:15 (NLT)

Work is not the result of the . Work is the design of .

“What do people get for all the toil and anxious striving with which they labor under the sun? All their days their work is grief and pain; even at night their minds do not rest. This too is meaningless.”

Ecclesiastes 2:22–23

Work goes wrong when I labor for:

• Approval
• Status
• Control

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me… For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28–30

The invitation isn’t to work , it’s to work .

“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.” Colossians 3:23–24 

You don’t need balance. You need .

“Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.” Luke 9:23

The life you desire isn’t found in a technique, but in a

“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” 

John 15:5

Jesus isn’t just offering to your workload…

He’s inviting you to your whole life around .