WORK?

Exodus 35:31-35
“And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship; and to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work. And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work”.
"There is a distinction between church work and the work of the church. Church work is what we do for the organized institution of the church. The work of the church is what is done between Sundays when the church is scattered all over the metropolitan area where it is located - in homes, schools, offices, on construction jobs, in market places" (Dick Halverson).
Too often believers have not seen their work outside the church as being the work of the church. As a result, our work outside the church is of a carnal nature and cannot function as the gift God has intended it to be. A trade or talented work in the Old Testament was referred to by God as wisdom from God. Therefore, our abilities to practice our gift in the work place should be seen as the work of the church; the gift or ability in us to work becomes the wisdom of God in the believer.
Consequently, our gift can become a job or it can become a ministry. If what we do outside of the church is just a job, it is merely man's wisdom at work in us; if it can manage to become a ministry; it is the wisdom of God at work in the life of the believer. If some of us have prayed and asked God to supply us with a job, then why can we not see our job as a gift from God, and being a gift from God; why can we not see it as a ministry or a work God has placed in our hands to do?
The ability to work a skill can be seen as wisdom from God if we allow ourselves to see it that way. Also, this scripture refer to these trades, skills, or abilities as being “filled with wisdom of heart,” and is the same as being “filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge”. Has it ever dawned on us the reason why we succeed at our jobs and have done so well at what we do; it is the wisdom of the almighty at work in us? If we do not live in the awareness of what we do as being the work of God in us, then those working with us never will; they too will only see us as any other person in the world punching in and punching out work. Furthermore, this also may be why we never see those who see us at work, in church. If we cannot see our work as the work of the church, how will those that work with us see it any different?