- 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. Colossians 3:23-24 – As a Christian, what this passage talks about is of the utmost importance. Realize that what you do has a higher reason than just earthly accomplishment and a paycheck. You are serving God each day and have the opportunity to share His love each day while you do “whatever you do.” So shift your mind away from the course that the world has when it comes to work and careers. Wherever you are at job, school, family wise, give it your all because you have a new reason to pour everything you got out. Not for earthly acknowledgement, not a bonus, but because you are serving God with whatever you do. Realize you can worship God by doing your best at where God has placed you in this season of your life. So whatever you do, whether this season of life seems pointless, whether it’s simple, whether or not you think anyone is going to notice, do you best for God. Let God be the one you seek acknowledgment from and blessing from. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 549
- Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.5 Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. Colossians 3:2-5 – At camp this past week, one nugget I learned was what the word “decide” truly means when broken down to its origin. It means to kill. To make a choice and to eliminate all the others. Not make a choice and still be reaching for and thinking about the other decisions. A complete murder of the other options and settling fully in the choice you have made. As Christ followers, we have decided to follow Jesus. Which means all other choices of what we could follow needs to be eliminated. Now, that doesn’t mean we need to go around killing everything, but like our passage speaks on, anything that is not of God in our story needs to be put to death and left out of our life. All our lustful thoughts, the anger-filled behaviors, the sinful ways we speak and live, all need to be put to death. We have decided to follow Jesus which means the sin in our story needs an execution. I know even for my own self I needed to take in this message this morning, so I hope this message can settle within your story to. God has saved us and brought us close to Himself. Let’s put away the sinful things in our story, deciding to follow Jesus and only Jesus. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2408
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