Working For The Lord

Some people are very grateful for whatever you do for them and want nothing better than to repay your kindness. Others expect something for nothing and are not particularly thankful for what you do for them. It is difficult to give to that second group when you feel they are so undeserving and ungrateful. Why should one even want to help?

Some employers really care about their employees and are ver appreciative of what they do. Others only care about what they can get out of you and have no loyalty whatsoever. We are tempted to put in the minimum, certainly not give our best to someone who would drop us like a hot potato for the bottom line or on a whim. Why would one feel any need to give their best to someone who brings out the worst?

And government officials, who only seem to be interested in self-promotion - what can I say?  If they were really servants of the people as they are called to be, we would gladly tally behind them. But who wants to support or show respect to officials who are totally self-serving and would throw you under the bus without a second thought?  Why should we even give them the time of day?

The answer in the flesh is "throw the bums out!"  But the answer of the Spirit is wholly other, "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men" (Col 3:23).  Our Lord expects us to serve Him by serving others and when we see it that way, it changes everything. 

I am not called to help the ungrateful needy, work for the oppressive boss or respect the shifty politician, I am called to work for The Lord in all I do. I am called to do my best even for the worst because it is for God's glory, not their demands, that I act. It is service to my King and how can that ever be less than my best?  Jus' Askn.