Get to Work
Seeing Your Daily Grind as God's Good Gift
Jonny Ardavanis turns to Scripture to explore work, rest, and time as gifts to steward.
- Themes
- Work as a divine calling, Sabbath and restorative rest, Workaholism and passivity
Work and Sabbath
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- A biblical account of work as a calling and an act of worship
- Guidance on Sabbath, rest, and stewarding your time
Expect
- The original design for work and how the fall corrupted it
- Ways to work with integrity and build rhythms of restorative rest
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Learn to avoid both passivity and burnout by discovering God's glorious design for work--and how to labor, rest, and steward your time in ways that glorify God and maximize your joy.
The average person will spend 90,000 hours working--a staggering third of their life. For many, these hours feel like a necessary burden, something we have to do. But what if work isn't a punishment to endure, but a privilege to embrace--a divine "get to" rather than a grim "got to"?
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In a time of contradictory messages about work, hurry, and rest, pastor and author Jonny Ardavanis dives into Scripture to help you see work as a divine calling, guiding you to partner with God and find profound meaning and purpose in your daily work, whether you're a plumber, a CEO, or a stay-at-home mom. Full of powerful insights and rich biblical truth, Get to Work will help you:
- Discover God's original, pre-fall design for work as a joyful act of creation and cultivation, transforming your perspective on your daily tasks
- Identify how the fall corrupted work, leading to the twin dangers of soul-crushing workaholism and passive living
- Learn how to work with enthusiasm, excellence, and integrity--not to earn your identity, but as an act of worship and love for your neighbor
- Reclaim the lost art of true Sabbath, moving beyond mere escapism to build rhythms of rest and leisure that genuinely refresh your body, mind, and spirit
Get to Work isn't just another book about finding work-life balance or boosting productivity. It's an invitation to rediscover what you were made for.
Publisher details
Publisher categories
- Career Strategy
- Christian Personal Growth
- Professional Life (Christian)
- Spiritual Growth
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- Calling & Vocation (Christian)
- The Pursuit of Happiness
- Time Management
- Authors
- Jonny Ardavanis
- Publisher
- Zondervan
- Published
- November 3, 2026
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Career Strategy