Working For God's Glory

Let as many bondservants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and His doctrine may not be blasphemed. 1 Timothy 6:1

Past 0700 on my extra day off: plans - many; real accomplishments thus far this morning - zero. My effort on this day is not exactly a testimony to the glory of God. Such is the pressure of this world that one day off can cause such guilt and shame. Wait, is work for the glory of God and rest nothing but the laziness of the world? Does that mean retired folks are nothing but slackers and those who work themselves to death the real heroes of the age? Or, is work nothing but the pressure of our society to produce and not be useless? Golly, the modern world sure has made this confusing!

There are many reasons to rest and good reasons for work too. I cannot recall a day that work and rest were not intermingled anyway. As one gets older just getting up from the bed can be some fairly serious work. In our age, sitting down and thinking deeply to solve problems on a computer has become hard work, while walking, running or lifting weights after a day of desk work might be considered restful. Many times I have mentally collapsed exhausted into bed at the end of the day, while my body was no doubt wondering when we were going to get started. Confusion in what is work and what is rest may be a part of the Adversary's methods.

Writing may be a part of my work for God, while trimming trees or mowing grass might be naught but self-serving toil. Service, it seems, may be as much attitude as it is exercise. Many work only for themselves and put quite a lot of effort into it. Others serve the Lord daily and may at times appear to be doing nothing at all. It's those visual, on-the-surface, snap judgments about our neighbors that seem to get us every time.

Now, I'm thinking that the glory of God is asking a bit more effort from me than I have done so far this morning.

Bucky