THEME:
When you walk into your workplace, who are you trying to please? A new identity in Christ produces new character, and that new character transforms everyday relationships, including those at work or school. Ordinary work becomes worship when it is offered to the Lord.
KEY SCRIPTURE:
Colossians 3:22-25
Colossians 3:22-25
Bondservants, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality.
Christlike obedience in the workplace flows from a transformed heart
New Gospel identity → New inner character →Transformed relationships
Colossians 3:23-25
Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality.
The Lord is a kind Master who rewards His faithful servants
Work that is pleasing to God is noticed and appreciated by non-believers
Colossians 3:23
Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men…”