IS
IT AS TO THE LORD
Memorise:
Not with eyeservice, as men pleaser; but as the servants of Christ, doing the
will of God from the heart; Ephesians 6:6
Read:
Ephesians 6:5-8, Bible in one year: 1st Chronicles 5:23-7:13, Luke
14:12-35
The story was told of a preacher who
went to church one Sunday morning, fully prepared to deliver his sermon, only
to find out that the bad weather had prevented members from coming to church
except one little boy. This preacher, as the story goes, preached as if the whole
auditorium was full of members. After the sermon, the preacher made an altar
call and the boy gave his life to Christ that glorious Sunday morning. it was
one morning, one preacher, one-member congregation and one convert. That little
boy became a world-renowned evangelist.
Today’s Bible reading encourages us to
render our service, either in church or outside of church, as to the Lord, not
with eyeservice or as men-pleasers. Unfortunately, there are men-pleasers today
in Church, who would rather offend God instead of offending the feelings of
people, even when this is un-scriptural. Such an attitude affects our service to
God negatively. It taints our holy service to God. Paul in Romans 12:1 says
thus about Christian service:
“I
beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your
bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable
service.
The work ethics in our church
organisation should require little or no supervision. This is one of the first
things we were taught when we applied as volunteer workers in church. There is
danger in working with eyeservice, because when the one you intend to impress
is not around, you will do something else.
Some civil servants short-changed
themselves when they think that Government work is not to be done
wholeheartedly as if one’s life depends on it. If you work in an organisation,
particularly a government establishment, and you think you can loaf around and
still get paid at the end of the month without repercussion, you must have been
deceived. The law of natural justice and equity established the fact that if
your work is worth 50,000 of your country’s currency but you receive 1,000,000
by the time you have spent the last unit of the money, you will realise that the
value of what the 1,000,000 obtained is not more than what is obtainable with
50,0000.
Prayer
Point
Father,
deliver me from eyeservice, and please help me to serve You acceptably from now
onwards in Jesus’ Name.
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