The Job Worth Doing and the Boss Worth Doing it For!

Colossians 3:23-24 Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve.

It’s no secret that we put a lot of energy into seeking the perfect job. So much of our life is centered around the resume we are building in order to LIVE the good life. Our value is based upon production and our salary seems to reflect how good we are at living this life.

But… my question is… “How much time and energy do we expend in finding the “Perfect Boss?”

I’d venture to guess, most of us put this concern (who is the boss?) at the bottom of our search list. At the top? “SHOW ME THE MONEY!” Right beside, “Make it my DREAM JOB!”

Then… !Life will be good!

Yes, and unicorns live and play in my backyard. Imagine that!

Once again, as it seems EVERY generation and EVERY nation of mankind does, we turn from the goodness of God and seek the lust of our flesh, the lust of our eyes, and the pride of our lives. We enslave ourselves and others, into building our towers (remember Babel) so we all can obtain heaven. We CRAVE taking the throne of life from God and seating ourselves in His place.

It is simply amazing to me what people will do under the influence of LUST. It is even more amazing what they do while suffering the “morning after” hangover from the drunken binge. Having believed the lies of lust, they rage against THOSE WHO RUIN their chance at happiness. Rage begets the death of freedom and the death of freedom returns all too slavery. And slavery is… the difference between good and evil… the difference between God and Satan.

Choose you this day whom you will serve…

Whether you believe in God or not, whether you practice some kind of religion or not, whether you follow your favorite preacher or not, there is ONLY one choice each and every one of us MUST CHOOSE.  It is not… to serve or not to serve. If you have breath – you are alive, if you are alive you are “serving” (doing) life.

The choice is WHOM you will serve while doing life! As prideful as we are in making “good choices”, there is only two – God or Satan… good or evil. Neither give their throne away until the very end when evil is completely removed, throne and all! No matter how badly we may want to be a little g god, or think we are progressing upward, it will only be an illusion, put there by evil to entice you to choose his kingdom.

So… have you sought the Perfect Boss? ( I guarantee, all your illusions of grandeur aside, it is not YOU!) Have you identified the differences between the two (good and evil) you will be serving in whatever life you are doing? If you claim there is no god, little g or big G, guess what, you are still serving one of the two. Your denial does not change even a dot or tittle of reality, even when reality is invisible to our eyes. If you claim agnosticism, that god – big G or little g – is not an active or participating deity, so is uninterested in the life you are doing or the way you are doing life, you are actually depending on the idea that what you “don’t know” won’t effect you. But really? How do you KNOW what you DON”T KNOW?

In the little g kingdom of evil, those who don’t believe in G(g)od, make the best of slaves, you are an IGNORANT SLAVE! However at that time, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those which by nature are no gods. Galatians 4:8 Whatever your method of or reason for avoiding God (the original sin and still sin today), I challenge you to own it. Don’t. be. an. ignorant slave.

You don’t have to be a slave at all. (Evil knows this well and hates you for it!)

But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law, so that He might redeem those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, “ Abba! Father!” Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God. Galatians 4:4-7 

God! The God of Israel! The God of ALL GOODNESS! From the beginning of time, through the darkest of evil’s days, into eternity, has provided for, pleaded for, desired for, His beloved to “Come Home My Child!”

John 3:16-17 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. 

Evil? John 10:10 “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.”

You choose!

Seek the Perfect Boss! For then you will know what your perfect job is… He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God. Micah 6:8 

Seek FIRST His kingdom! Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. Colossians 3:2 

Now you have “The Job Worth Doing and the Boss Worth Doing it For!”

Just DO IT… heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men!

As those who have been chosen of God (and as those who’ve chosen to serve Him), holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you. Beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity. Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful. Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 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 3:12-17 

THIS is the day the Lord has made… “So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. (Matthew 6:34)Just keep on… doing LIFE!

**All Scripture quoted comes from the “Bible Gateway” app and is the NASB version of the Bible unless otherwise noted.