The Purpose of Work

Work is not primarily a thing one does to live, but the thing one lives to do.
It is, or it should be, the full expression of the worker's faculties, the thing in which he finds spiritual, mental, and bodily satisfaction, and the medium in which he offers himself to God.

Dorothy Sayers, Creed or Chaos

Comment
I am still searching for the one thing, or things, that God has purposed for me to do. I want to live fully aligned with my life purpose, but how does one discover one's purpose?
Through prayer, petition and thanksgiving?
Through realizing that everything that happens is part of God's bigger plan for my life?

Larry Julian in GOD IS MY SUCCESS recommends that we adopt a 2-fold approach in our partnership with God. There is the Surrender Posture, which requires us to shed things in order to be useful to God, and there is the Take-Charge Posture, which is one of personal responsibility.

Interestingly, he has observed from his experience working with business executives that leaders have a tendency to control the things they should surrender to God (business outcomes, economic conditions, stakeholder expectations) and to relinquish the things they should take charge of (confronting difficult issues, being fiscally responsible, doing the right thing regardless of consequences, putting people and purpose over profits).

I believe the same can be said for our personal lives. I know I have a tendency to avoid pain, weakness and anything that is unpleasant. I also habitually put off anything that requires hard work and discipline: goal setting, goal attainment, being responsible in how I use my resources (my mind, my $).

Action Exercise:
To adopt the Surrender Posture and the Take-Charge Posture for my career direction and dreams.