He shared and lamented on how difficult it has been trying to get things done on his department side....what with all the colleagues who keep pushing their responsibilities, and clients who are only concerned with getting what they requested, while any difficulties you encounter is of no business to them. He has no one to cover his work, and because of which, he doesn't know if he will be able to make it for this upcoming mission trip.
I guess that partly explains the condition of the working world that some people face. When everyone all around you is pulling recognition while pushing responsibilities...there really isn't much sane reason for any average Joe to choose to be different, to give his best and consider others.
All the more it highlights the reason that we have, as Christians, I guess...
- Deqi
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Whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men.
- Colossians 3:23
Most Christians are not engaged in professional ministry. They don’t preach or sing or work for an evangelistic agency. Their time between Sundays is spent doing jobs that don’t seem to have value for the spread of the gospel. Therefore, some believers may view themselves as second-class disciples.
That may have been the way some members of the church in Colosse regarded themselves. Paul addressed an erroneous viewpoint of secular work when he wrote, “Obey in all things your masters according to the flesh, . . . in sincerity of heart, fearing God” (Col. 3:22).
You see, if God’s purposes in this world are to be fulfilled, we need a structured society with all its indispensable activities. The people we work for are servants of the Lord Jesus Christ. Whether they know it or not, our employers are carrying out God’s good purposes. As long as the assigned task is not sinful or unethical, when we serve those who rule over us we are serving the Lord.
So let’s view our daily work—whatever it is—as an extension of God’s work in the world. As we do so, we’ll find there is no better place to spread the good news of salvation than right where God has placed us.
Teach me, my God and King,
In all things Thee to see,
And what I do in anything
To do it as for Thee!
In all things Thee to see,
And what I do in anything
To do it as for Thee!
For the Christian, work is ministry
- Vernon C Grounds (A daily bread devotion)
- Vernon C Grounds (A daily bread devotion)
