My Motivation for Working
OCT 16th 2006 • 0 Comments
You know, while praying today, I was really struck with the significance of the model prayer that Jesus gave that says, "Your kingdom come on Earth as it is in Heaven". In Heaven, everything that everybody does is to the glory of God. We'll sing praises to Him for all of eternity! But how can I do that here on Earth? How, for example, can I sing praises to God when I'm in the middle of a project for school that needs to get done by such and such a deadline? The project is not spiritual in nature. It's not personal, it's business. I think that's wrong. I can glorify God in my routine day to day work by doing it as unto Him, just like the Bible says.
It's in the motivation
It all comes down to your motivation. If my motivation for turning out a quality product at school or work is so that people will look better on me, and favorably on me. Then the work is useless. But if my motivation to do my best is because God simply told me to do my best. Then it is God honoring, because I'm not doing it for me or my boss or anyone else. I'm doing it for my God! If I did it for any other reason, it's completely and utterly futile.
I think if that weren't the truth, life would be a real drag.
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