We meet God the Creator as a worker in Genesis 1:1-2:2... The image of God in man means man is to be a worker. The way we work will reveal how much we have allowed the image of God to develop in us.
Author: R. Kent Hughes Source: Disciplines of a Godly Man, p. 148-149.
If God is spending work upon a Christian, let him be still and know that it is God. And if he wants work, he will find it there--in the being still.
Author: Henry Drummond Source: Natural Law, Growth, p. 137.
The stature of the Lord Jesus was not itself reached by work, and he who thinks to approach its mystical height by anxious effort is really receding from it.
Author: Henry Drummond Source: Natural Law, Growth, p. 127.
Whenever you attempt a good work you will find other men doing the same kind of work, and probably doing it better. Envy them not.
Author: Henry Drummond Source: The Greatest Thing in the World.
Take into your new sphere of labour, where you also mean to lay down your life, that simple charm, Love, and your life-work must succeed. You can take nothing greater, you need take nothing less. It is not worth while going if you take anything less.
Author: Henry Drummond Source: The Greatest Thing in the World, p. 17.
So, let us work hard but never forget that it is not us but the grace of God which is with us (1 Cor. 15:10).
Author: John Piper Source: Brothers, We Are Not Professionals 2002, p. 44.
When you take care of your job, God will take care of the paycheck.