GodServant

"Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men."
~Colossians 3:23

This has been a rough week for me. I've been bogged down with homework. I'm taking Greek this semester and it is just taking everything out of me. I would really like to be working out too, but I drag my feet to do even that--and I like my work out program. I get done with classes and work and all I want to do is sit. Just sit and check my facebook. Pathetic.

I have not been putting my heart into my studies. Goodness, I've hardly put my head into my studies. So when I read this verse, it really struck me. I should be giving my all to my work because everything I do I do to the glory of God, not to my own glory, not to the glory of men.

Over the summer I worked two jobs. I worked in a restaurant, which at times could be very frustrating. I was a host, and while I liked the job and the people I worked with sometimes the customers I sat were just plain rude. (Please be nice to your servers when you go out to eat!) It was hard for me to keep a good attitude on days when it seemed like everyone was crabby. I worked with some of my close friends, and on two separate occasions two of them told me how they just tried to remember that they were serving God, not just the people around them.

My other job was far more labor intensive. I de-tasseled. That's right. Now, I don't like being dirty. I don't like being wet. I don't like waking up at five in the morning. I don't like being sunburnt. There really isn't anything about de-tasseling that I like. At least, it's hard to think of reasons. One thing I did like--I liked being out in God's creation, no matter how gross it tended to get. It was cool to be out in the fields when the sun was rising. It was easier for me to think of myself as working for God when I was de-tasseling then it was when I was working inside. I can't say that my heart was in it everyday. It's amazing how clear minded you can be when you're out in the middle of a cornfield. It was a lot easier for me to remind myself that I was working for the Lord, and I think part of the reason for that was because I didn't have a boss hovering over me all the time.

No matter what you do--whether you're in school with a heavy class load, flipping burgers, or working in the fields--do it for the Lord. You are a GodServant.