The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. (Genesis 2:15 ESV)
Work
From the beginning, in the Garden of Eden, humans received the blessing of food through work.
The Garden of Eden was not a handout-location. It COULD have been. God could have done that. But instead, God made a Garden… a food producing Garden. And put Adam in it to work.
The result of work, before the fall ruined it… was food. Good food. Nutritious food. Necessary food.
And work is still good. It still can produce food. It still produces blessings. In fact, work is the means God used then, and uses now, to produce blessings.
Blessings for the worker, AND blessings for others. Because the food that comes from work is sharable, giftable, donatable, and used to help.
Adam was gifted the garden, and put to work. For God’s glory, for Adam’s benefit, soon for Eve’s benefit… and for the good of the world.
Work and food are already entwined. Work and blessing are already entwined. Work and love are already entwined.