Whatever You Do, Work With All Your Heart // Day 24
Colossians 3:23-4:1 (New International Version)
23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, 24 since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. 25 Anyone who does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there is no favoritism.
Colossians 4
1 Masters, provide your slaves with what is right and fair, because you know that you also have a Master in heaven.
Application
Again, remembering that Paul is writing a letter and has not separated his thoughts by verses, it is easy to see how today fits right in line with what we read yesterday. After giving several mandates on how we are to be living and interacting in our relationships, Paul instructs us that we are to work in whatever we do for the glory of God rather than men.
Working for approval now will only gain you temporary praise. Paul is reminding us that we are living for eternity, not the glory of the here and now which is fleeting and and has no eternal value. I love how Paul bluntly states, “It is the Lord Christ you are serving.”
Again, this book is about putting off the old and putting on the new. Let the words of this passage guide your thoughts as you journal. Where do you stand with this idea? Are you living for the approval of men, or are you working at whatever you do for His glory?
