Serve With Joy

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works. Ephesians 2:10a

Recently a young man wrote to a noted business magazine, asking advice about his job. He said he had fallen into the position because there were no other options for him, but it was a job he hated. He detested arriving at the office every morning, was bored out of his mind all day, and left as early as possible every afternoon. He so disliked his work that it was affecting his sleep and his relationship with his girlfriend and parents. He found his clients "boorish," his position "worthless," and his work was "mindless, menial, miserable drudgery."
Perhaps we all face an unpleasant job situation at one time or another, but our work for the Lord is a different matter. As Christians, we're each given a personal ministry, a work that only we can do for the Kingdom. Every day we have the obligation of fulfilling the Lord's agenda for our lives, and every day there are some good works for us to do. These aren't burdensome or boring. They are enriching, fruitful, and pleasing to the Lord. How wonderful that the Divine Employer has a task for us today! Serve Him with joy and always abound in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
Good works do not make a good man; but a good man does good works. Martin Luther