If we commit to fulfill God's minimum expectations, and He promised to meet our needs, then whatever work meets our needs and allows us to fulfill his expectations is the work he established for our hands.
Establish the Work of our Hands
The Slough of Despond
The slough of despond is a phrase which occurs in Paul Bunyan's "A Pilgrim's Progress." It's where the main character, Christian, toils heavily and has to be rescued by a character called the Evangelist.