Ephesians 6:7-8 — Lookin' for a mind at work (for the Lord)

READ THIS: Ephesians 6:7-8

7 Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people, 8 because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good they do, whether they are slave or free.

WHAT’S THIS MEAN, ANYWAY?

Whether we're Alexander Hamilton, we manage our own company, we've never worked a day in our lives, or we're the lowest on the totem poll at a Bahama Bucks somewhere, we get the choice on who we serve. Are we going to serve ourselves? Our manager? What if, instead of making it our goal to serve some person, we made it our goal to serve God?!

Working for God changes everything. You know in school when your teacher leaves the room and everyone kind of looks at each other and then immediately starts to cheat on the assignment? That's called working for your teacher. If you were working at your schoolwork for God, then you know that there's never a moment that He leaves the room, so you try to be excellent/wholehearted all the time! Which...is hard and tiring. Following Jesus and living for God and listening to the Spirit is NOT easy. Paul telling servants/slaves to work for God instead of for their masters wasn't giving them an out of hard work. He was making their life even harder. So, we have to ask ourselves...am I working for God? Or am I taking the easy way out? Am I working for someone who has the power to see every good and bad thing I do, or am I working for someone who I can sneak stuff by?

THINK ABOUT IT:

1. Where's an area of your life where you are NOT working for God?

2. Where's an area of your life where you feel like do a pretty decent job of working for God?
 
TRY THIS:
 
Make a plan on how you will work for God better in that area you listed in question 1!

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  1. AnonymousMay 29, 2023 at 6:48 AM

    I feel like I don’t spend enough concentrated time in prayer-more arrow prayers throughout the day. I will get up earlier and pray in the morning to start my day.

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