Thursday; July 20
Do we find certain aspects of our lives unfulfilling? Maybe it is our work, our household tasks or even a service project – but is there something that leaves you flat or even worse that you really dislike doing? Most of us have some aspect of our lives that we don’t get excited about – I mean not everything is worthy of celebrating – but could it be that the problem isn’t what we are doing? Is it possible that what we need a different reason to do it? When Paul wrote to the church in the First Century he challenged them, “Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.” (Colossians 3:17). Did he mean that everything needed to be done with a belief that our soul’s salvation depended on it? I don’t know that we could go that far, but how would our minds change if we did everything like we wanted to bring glory to God with our efforts? We do what we do so that the world can see that God is present in my life.