Col 3:18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
Col 3:19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
Col 3:20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Col 3:21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Col 3:22 Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
Col 3:23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Col 3:24 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
Col 3:25 But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
Whatsoever you do, do it heartily as to the LORD and NOT unto men.
How would our lives change if we did this? Seriously. If ALL we did we were doing it for the Lord how would it be different?
When you're called to help someone when you're right in the middle of doing something don't you feel a little put out? Come on, be honest? If you don't feel put out now, can you recall a time when you did? Now imagine it was our LORD calling us to help Him… go on, imagine it.
We have to use our imagination, we have to put things into their proper perspective by imagining the reality of it because we obviously do not take the words at face value.
Our days are filled with activities that we have to do and some we want to do- are we doing those activities as if we were doing them for the LORD? Or do we have a touch of resentment in us somewhere? Having to work. Having to work at an unpleasant occupation. Having to go to school. Having to deal with other people. Having to shop for groceries. Having to pay bills. You know what you do day in and day out. You know what you have to do on a monthly, weekly, daily basis and truthfully are you doing it ALL heartily? And by heartily I mean are you doing it was a goodness of heart, with a genuineness, with sincerity, without resentment and anger? Are you doing is as if you were doing it ALL for Christ Jesus?
If we could somehow get it into our heads that this is truth wouldn't it alter us somehow?
Whatsoever you do, do it heartily as to the LORD and NOT unto men.
Even the things we are doing for ourselves- dealing with other people- but ultimately doing for ourselves aren't we doing that as to the LORD as well?
We're talking about the spirit in which we do things, we're talking about our beliefs and if they carry over into our lives, into our dealings with others.
If Christ is in us, our HOPE of GLORY, shouldn't we live as if this were a reality and not something we believe only when we are hanging out in church?
Col 1:26 Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
Col 1:27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory
How we treat others reveals the master we serve, doesn't it? Sure, Satan is going to work very, very hard to get us to treat others awful, especially the closer we are to God. Satan doesn't want anyone seeing that 'hope of glory' in us. Satan doesn't want others to see Christ in us and he'll do all he can to make sure that others often -if not always- see the worst of us.
We are given admonishing such as these-
Whatsoever you do, do it heartily as to the LORD and NOT unto men.
- for a reason.
We are to be aware of our actions, we are to be aware of our dealings with others day in and day out and truly comprehend the results of those actions- are we doing our actions HEARTILY AS TO THE LORD?
If we are not committing actions HEARTILY AS TO THE LORD then we need to ask forgiveness from God and pray for His spirit to live in us so that we may do all we do heartily as to HIM.
Whether we are dealing with our husbands, our wives, our parents, our children, our bosses, it doesn't matter - what matters is that in our dealings we are honestly living for CHRIST and letting our lives reveal who are true master is- Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior!
Perhaps we are pointed towards our husbands, wives, parents, and children first because it is true they see us more as we really are than any others do, and they more than any others need to see Christ living in us, the hope of glory!
All through HIS AMAZING GRACE, HIS AMAZING LOVE!
Col 3:19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
Col 3:20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Col 3:21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Col 3:22 Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
Col 3:23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Col 3:24 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
Col 3:25 But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
Whatsoever you do, do it heartily as to the LORD and NOT unto men.
How would our lives change if we did this? Seriously. If ALL we did we were doing it for the Lord how would it be different?
When you're called to help someone when you're right in the middle of doing something don't you feel a little put out? Come on, be honest? If you don't feel put out now, can you recall a time when you did? Now imagine it was our LORD calling us to help Him… go on, imagine it.
We have to use our imagination, we have to put things into their proper perspective by imagining the reality of it because we obviously do not take the words at face value.
Our days are filled with activities that we have to do and some we want to do- are we doing those activities as if we were doing them for the LORD? Or do we have a touch of resentment in us somewhere? Having to work. Having to work at an unpleasant occupation. Having to go to school. Having to deal with other people. Having to shop for groceries. Having to pay bills. You know what you do day in and day out. You know what you have to do on a monthly, weekly, daily basis and truthfully are you doing it ALL heartily? And by heartily I mean are you doing it was a goodness of heart, with a genuineness, with sincerity, without resentment and anger? Are you doing is as if you were doing it ALL for Christ Jesus?
If we could somehow get it into our heads that this is truth wouldn't it alter us somehow?
Whatsoever you do, do it heartily as to the LORD and NOT unto men.
Even the things we are doing for ourselves- dealing with other people- but ultimately doing for ourselves aren't we doing that as to the LORD as well?
We're talking about the spirit in which we do things, we're talking about our beliefs and if they carry over into our lives, into our dealings with others.
If Christ is in us, our HOPE of GLORY, shouldn't we live as if this were a reality and not something we believe only when we are hanging out in church?
Col 1:26 Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
Col 1:27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory
How we treat others reveals the master we serve, doesn't it? Sure, Satan is going to work very, very hard to get us to treat others awful, especially the closer we are to God. Satan doesn't want anyone seeing that 'hope of glory' in us. Satan doesn't want others to see Christ in us and he'll do all he can to make sure that others often -if not always- see the worst of us.
We are given admonishing such as these-
Whatsoever you do, do it heartily as to the LORD and NOT unto men.
- for a reason.
We are to be aware of our actions, we are to be aware of our dealings with others day in and day out and truly comprehend the results of those actions- are we doing our actions HEARTILY AS TO THE LORD?
If we are not committing actions HEARTILY AS TO THE LORD then we need to ask forgiveness from God and pray for His spirit to live in us so that we may do all we do heartily as to HIM.
Whether we are dealing with our husbands, our wives, our parents, our children, our bosses, it doesn't matter - what matters is that in our dealings we are honestly living for CHRIST and letting our lives reveal who are true master is- Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior!
Perhaps we are pointed towards our husbands, wives, parents, and children first because it is true they see us more as we really are than any others do, and they more than any others need to see Christ living in us, the hope of glory!
All through HIS AMAZING GRACE, HIS AMAZING LOVE!
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