Title: Working as For God, not for Man.

and whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

Colossians 3:23‭-‬24 KJV

Devotion: This past week, after the Muslim holiday of Wednesday and Thursday, I travelled 34 (68 both ways) miles to work on Friday and people were surprised to see me. Many asked, HoD, what did you come to do, you could have stayed till Monday, I just smiled and told them I can't afford to leave the place for 5 days without supervision, it's my duty to make sure everything works smoothly.

 That is working as if it's God's work on which Apostle Paul speaks to you and me today. He tells us to make God the heart of everything we do, not just our evangelical work but our secular work, either we work for someone or self. When we work for government establishment we should do it as if unto God 

 Now working as if unto God mean we must be diligent, honest, not late for work, work hard, put in extra hours if necessary and with impeccable integrity. This is what God requires of us and we should give it to our secular work and masters. We may or may not be rewarded here but reward waits for us in heaven when we work as for God rather than man.

 Dearly beloved how are you working? Do you come to work when you like and leave work before closing time. God is watching you and will reward each according to his work. Hallelujah.

 

I'm Dr Joel Olanrewaju, reach out to me on gbemide09@gmail.com for questions, suggestions and prayer requests. There are more devotionals on my blog post - ojaysjoel.blogspot.com.