Producing goods and services is fundamentally good and something that we can do for God's glory or for sinful purposes. This is seen in the creation mandate. God set Adam in the garden to work it and to keep it (Genesis 2:15). They were to subdue the earth. Subdue implies that Adam and Eve should make the resources of the earth useful for their own benefit. This would eventually include inventions of all sort and for all sorts of purposes (agriculture, home development, etc). Adam and Eve would be amazed to see that God put materials in the earth to make pipes that could deliver us water at any moment! They would delight in God's goodness and we should to. This is how productivity glorifies God.
Any manufactured item points to God's goodness because they are all derived from things God made and put on this earth. Think about what it takes to make a pair of shoes: communication, metals, rubber, clothes, leather, etc. Think about how shoes meet the needs of another person. This is all for God's glory.
Human desires to produce goods and services are not inherently evil. It's what God made us to do. It's exercising dominion over the earth. This is consistent with Genesis 1:28. Productive work should not be seen as bad. It is not to be avoided. Retirement for the purpose of not doing anything is not biblical.
We can be sinful in our production of goods and services. Addictive/harmful drugs and pornography are examples where good and services do not glorify God.
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