A group of young people was busy arranging chairs before the church service began. The minister popped in the hired hall and said, “I can see you’re busy getting the chairs aligned!” But one of them replied, “Not really, we are busy preparing God’s people to have an audience with the King.”
Something that seems mundane and ‘anyone with arms and legs could do it’, under God, can become an act of worship. Paul writes something similar when addressing households and workplaces. Whether we lead, teach, support, or writing report to someone else, our work is ultimately under the lordship of Jesus.
“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.” (Col 3:23-24)
From God’s point of view, the what and the how of our task flow from who our real Master is. We don’t serve merely for approval, recognition, or fulfilling certain KPIs, important as they are. We serve because Christ Himself deserves our best.
The young people arranging chairs, a teacher delivering lessons, a staff organising enrolments, the maintenance team looking after the upkeep of our facilities, not to mention our daily domestic chores, all of them become holy when offered to Jesus.
When we see our work as integral to our worship, we are no longer pressured to give our best, we gladly turn our duties into praise.
Reflection:
- How can my work today reflect Jesus’s character?
- What might change in my attitude if I saw every responsibility and setback as an opportunity to serve Jesus?
This devotion is sent weekly to staff during school terms. It has been lightly edited for a general audience.
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