Value of Work God showed His view of the importance of work in Genesis. It says, that God put them in the garden to dress it and keep it. It wasn’t just a free ride where thtey were to sit around eating fruit and vegetables. They were responsible for caring for everything that God created. When God blessed them , He stated that they were to go out and subdue the earth and to exercise dominion over everything that He had created. Indeed, God created a desire in everyone to be needed, as well as being wanted. We feel better when we are helping others and when we are paying our own way. On the other hand, we normally feel bad about being a burden on someone else. Often we develop our identity based on the work we do and how we view it. Often, the type work we do defines who we are to others. In addition, we value what we work for. If we are given something and lose it, it is a small loss but often quickly forgotten. If however, we work hard for a long time and save up for sometime, when it is lost, we feel it much more deeply because of what it cost us.