Ephesians 6:6

George Stahnke PBJ 02/23/19

Ephesians 6:6 (ESV) not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.

Your true self is revealed as you work in secret. Your projected self is revealed in how you work when others are watching. We are called to live authentic lives before God and man. As Christ followers we are called to give our best, to shine as it were like a light upon the hill reflecting the true character of God in our daily living and work.

"As to the Lord means that all our work is really done unto the Lord, not unto man. “Grace makes us the servants of God while still we are the servants of men: it enables us to do the business of heaven while we are attending to the business of earth: it sanctifies the common duties of life by showing us how to perform them in the light of heaven.” (Spurgeon)

We are like reservoirs of water subject to the heat of the day. Our levels of spiritual strength and desires to please the Lord evaporate as we walk through life.  We are in constant need to be replenished least we become bone dry and an offense to the world! We will only succeed to the degree that we give ourselves to the Lord a new on a daily basis.

Father God, I think of the words of Jesus when he to his disciples, "The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak" (Matthew 26:41b). I confess that it is true also of me. My heart is to follow hard after you, but my flesh rises up in defiance to my spirit. Help me Holy Spirit, one decision at a time to be the man you have called me to be!