Ephesians 6:5-8

Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ. Obey the not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but like slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your hearts. Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not man, because you know the Lord will reward everyone for whatever good he does, wether he is a slave or free.



In this passage in Ephesians it talks about our attitude while we are at work. We are called to conduct our jobs to the best of our God given ability. As long as the rules of our job are within Christs law, we are to abide by them. We are to be always to do our best, working as if we were working for God. Not only will this give us favor in our employers eye, making us look good, but it also is another was to glorify God. We are called to be examples of Christ and to bring His word to others, and where do we spend the majority of our lives: at work. By working hard at our everyday jobs people will begin to take notice. Remember when receiving praise from those around you we must give the praise and credit to God our Father.
If you want to look at it simply from a human earthly prospective, by always doing your work to the best of your ability, don't you think that this would better your chances for a better position. But that is just one..little...small...kinda wrong way looking at this passage. We should always be doing our best at everything we do in life to glorify God. Our jobs are just one aspect of our life that we need to excel. We are called to be the best son, the best father or mothers, the best at our hobbies and talents to the best of our God given ability.
Another aspect of this passage is the we are servants of Christ. We are slaves to him, and we are to be doings Gods will from our hearts. This is a crazy concept to some of us, slave, who would want to be a slave? Well, as Christians we should be the first ones with our hands up. A slave is somebody who is owned by another person, who have no control of their own life, who owns nothing. We are slaves to God. We are called to give our lives totally and fully to God...every aspect of it. This is a hard thing for us to comprehend, and something I will discuss in a different post more in depth. But we are called to serve our bosses and our Lord, through Gods will, and with Gods will from our hearts.
I like this passage, it is one of my favorite. It I think of it daily as I go through every flight. Remembering that I am working for God and not for man. When the days get tough I know that I am to trudge through. This does not stop me from moaning and groaning about how unhappy I am from time to time though. (Just ask anybody in my house haha) This short coming is something that I need to work on to better myself with God and with my company. Although I already go out of my way for my job to make people's flights just a little bit better, there is still so much that I can improve on.
No matter what profession you are: a flight attendant, nurse, doctor, pastor, bag boy, or whatever you may be doing there we are always to be working for God. I challenge you for the rest of your week, before you get out of the car for work thank God for all he has given you. Then think about your day and what you are going to be doing, and figure out how you are going to do it to best of your ability. Make the rest of this week count.

I pray for you and your walk with Christ.