Can Work and Wonder Coexist… for You?
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I will show wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth below. Acts 2:19
Can wonder be a part of our work lives?
You know wonder… Awe. Surprising delight. A moment you just didn’t expect and can’t repeat but which stays with you for a long time.
But for real, what is wonder to you? Some of us may have to go way back to remember, but try. Is it…
- A two year old bursting into laughter for no apparent reason.
- Or a puppy frolicking in a yard with grass so high she nearly disappears until she jumps. (We just got a puppy so I can’t help but mention that one.)
- How about a mountaintop view that goes on for hazy miles in every direction.
Just as importantly, when do you experience wonder? On the weekend when you take a hike? At home playing with your kids? Never?
What about during the 40, 50, 60 hours a week you are at work?
Do you ever experience wonder then?
Is that a dumb question? Or just a naive, idealistic one?
Isn’t our work time for shuffling papers? For grinning through our gritted teeth as we say “yes” to our rotten boss? Or for paying the bills, and hanging on till the weekend?
I don’t claim all the answers here. I know there are some work situations where surviving another day is a pretty good day. I’m not trying to make light of your struggles at work.
I’m just here to get you thinking. To get you uncomfortable with less than God’s best for your work and life.
Here is what I do know. Wonder is not only important to a happy life but also an integral part of the fabric of eternity. Work too, is a big part of our lives (and i could argue a part of eternity also) . Therefore, shouldn’t the two, work and wonder, overlap occasionally… even often?
But how might wonder at work show up? Certainly it depends on who you are, what kind of things bring you wonder. But if what brings you wonder, could combine with what you do for work 50 hrs a week then, Wow!
It might look like:
- Keeping the office environment so neat and orderly that the entire staff feels at home, at work.
- Feeling the satisfaction of taking an old, beat-up piece of furniture (maybe leather
) and restoring it to beautiful, like new condition. - Seeing women marred by poverty and prostitution set free to live healthy productive lives
- Treating each customer so great that everybody asks for you when they come in to the restaurant
- Saving lives by discovering life-saving brain surgery techniques
- Bringing hope and life to disabled people all around the world, as a quadriplegic yourself!
Can you imagine work where you’d experience wonder often? Work where you are so good that your customers experience it through your work? Do you know anyone who seems to have wonder in their work? What would it look like to you? More importantly, what can you do to make it happen. I should say to make the opportunity for wonder, happen?
The appearance of wonder itself, we can’t manufacture that. For wonder creation is God’s department. We can only position ourselves to be ready for it. But don’t worry, our God “will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below”.
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