God's work
Sacred duty performed
God's work is activity believed to serve divine purposes or moral good.
Religious contexts mean literal service to God: She devoted her life to God's work as a missionary.
Secular use often carries irony or self-deprecation about tedious but necessary tasks: Somebody's got to clean up this mess—just doing God's work over here.
The phrase can also sarcastically describe destructive acts someone believes righteous.
Divine protective care
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- miracleSupernatural occurrence beyond explanation
blessing · holy · sacred · heavenly · eternal · almighty · omnipotent · omniscient
Generous giving for others
- benevolenceDisposition toward doing good
- compassionConcern for others' distress
- volunteerismUnpaid community assistance
- humanitarianismPromoting welfare through compassion
altruism · generosity · kindness · service · outreach · relief · aid · welfare
Dedicated career path
- ministryClergy's work or state department
- purposeReason something exists
- missionPurpose-driven task
- destinyPredetermined course of events
ordination · evangelism · apostolate · pastorate · clergy · missionary · discipleship · preaching
providence
Divine protective care
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
miracle · blessing · holy · sacred · heavenly · eternal · almighty · omnipotent · omniscient · transcendent
philanthropy
Generous giving for others
- benevolenceDisposition toward doing good
- compassionConcern for others' distress
- volunteerismUnpaid community assistance
humanitarianism · altruism · generosity · kindness · service · outreach · relief · aid · welfare · donation
vocation
Dedicated career path
destiny · ordination · evangelism · apostolate · pastorate · clergy · missionary · discipleship · preaching · gospel
God's workevil
Profound moral wickedness
sin · demonic activity · wickedness · devilry · abomination
God's workmammon
Wealth as deity
careerism · materialism · worldliness · vainglory · self-aggrandizement
God's workidle hands
Unoccupied extremities seeking mischief
God, gods, godly, godliness, ungodly, godlike, godhood, goddess, work