For the Christian, then, daily work is inextricably bound to worship. Here, it is perhaps important to point out that the Sunday worship should not be seen as a pause at the end of the week. Rather, for Christians, worship on Sunday begins the work week by pervading it with the good news of God's love and salvation.
Worship at the beginning of the week not only hallows the rest of the week, but also significantly transfigures our understanding of daily work. It enables us, firstly, to understand our proper relationship to work. It shows us that although work is important, the purpose of human life must not be understood as work without end, but to exist in creative relationship with each other and with God.
And secondly, worship helps us to see that our daily work is always a graced activity, infused by divine grace and animated by the Holy Spirit.
Finally, Christian worship helps us to understand our work in relation to the work of God. As theologian David Jensen has brilliantly put it, 'The work that we do is made possible through the work that does not belong to us alone.'
- Dr Roland Chia, The Dignity of Daily Work
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