THE EDEN
ECONOMY
Why God Designed Work Before Man Had Needs. What Was Work Meant to Produce, When Nothing Was Missing?
4:30 pm WAT | April 26th, 2026
Ikoyi, Lagos
The
Conversation.
We have been taught to associate work with need. You work because something is required. You build because something is missing. You strive because something must be secured. Yet, Eden presents a contradiction. It is a world without lack, yet not without work. A question emerges automatically, subtle but unsettling: If nothing was missing, why did God still require engagement?
This conversation begins where most assumptions about work collapse.
The
Implications.
If work did not begin as a response to scarcity, then its meaning has been misunderstood from the start. It suggests that what we call “productivity” today may only be a capitalist perversion of something far deeper. It raises uncomfortable possibilities:
- That work is not primarily about earning
- That effort is not necessarily driven by need
- That success, as we define it, may be incomplete
And if all these are true, then many are active, but not aligned. The implications are not small. They are foundational.
The Biblical
Narrative.
The Genesis account does not wait for the Fall to introduce work.
- Before struggle.
- Before pressure.
- Before survival.
The
Real Need.
What is needed may not be more opportunity. It may not even be more effort. It may be a re-examination of what work actually is. Until something is understood at its origin, it is often misapplied in practice. Many are working, few have paused to ask the deeper question:
What is work meant to produce, beyond outcomes we can measure? .
Our
Invitation.
Join Olakunle Soriyan aka PK, for a deeply thought-provoking and disruptive TRUCE TIME conversation. It is not a session about careers, jobs, or hustle culture.It is a re-examination of the very foundation of work and effort. A room for individuals who are ready to think beyond conventional narratives; and to explore what it means to live, create, and contribute from a place of completeness rather than lack. We will explore:
- Why work existed before need
- What work was originally designed to produce
- How to realign your thinking and engagement with work in today’s world
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TRUCE TIME is FREE ACCESS but strictly by requesting invitation. Only 30 seats available for spiritual thinkers who can engage the room.
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T.R.U.C.E TIME: THE APOSTOLIC CONVERSATION
Because the next Church is not coming from the pulpit. It’s coming from the margins.
