"Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ." Colossians 3:23-24
From Joe Thorns' Note to Self:
WORK
"Dear Self,
You need to see all of life as spiritual, and your calling or emplyment as work for God regardless of pay, position, or its connection to the church. In other words, stop treating what you spend the bulk of your day engaged in as something divorced from God and His work in and through you.
Your work is one of the primary ways in which you will glorify God. For as you do it in faith, thankfulness, and godliness, you are serving God and reflecting His beauty to everyone around you.
Perhaps you struggle with wondering how your oh-so-ordinary and mundane work could glorify God, and maybe you even believe that translating the Bible into a language that has never read Scripture before is something that brings more glory to God than what you are doing. You think that way because you have not yet grasped that God is glorified by His people when His people are faithful to Him.
Your calling is to be faithful to God where you are, and in doing this all work is sacred, spiritual, and worthy of your full attention and energy. When you get to work, you are not entering a secular environment as much as you are bringing the sacred into the world by following Christ wherever you are."
Here's my note to myself:
Dear Self:
Work today as unto the Lord. For Christ you labor and not for men. Praise Him for all the mundane tasks that fill your waking hours and often, hours that should be spent in sleep. Thank Him for the opportunity to show grace and joy one more hour to those He brings into my home and life today.
I need not the applause or accolades of the world. The noble titles and prestige and honors many earn. Let me hear only from my Father "well done, Faithful One. You have cared well for the souls entrusted to you." Let me serve only Christ, my King.
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