Working for an Unseen Employer
Working for an Unseen Employer
Wednesday
Bondservants, obey your earthly masters[b] with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ, not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man, knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a bondservant or is free.
— Ephesians 6:5-8 (ESV)
— Ephesians 6:5-8 (ESV)
Reflect:
"Eye-service" is the temptation to perform well only when someone is watching. We put on our best effort for the boss's visit, then return to minimal effort when supervision disappears. The text exposes this as fundamentally a problem of misplaced awareness. We forget that Someone is always watching—not to catch us in failure, but because He delights in our faithful work. When we labor "as to the Lord," every task takes on dignity. The spreadsheet completed with excellence, the dishes washed thoroughly, the customer served patiently—all become offerings to Christ. And here is the promise: whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord. Your faithfulness is never wasted or overlooked.
"Eye-service" is the temptation to perform well only when someone is watching. We put on our best effort for the boss's visit, then return to minimal effort when supervision disappears. The text exposes this as fundamentally a problem of misplaced awareness. We forget that Someone is always watching—not to catch us in failure, but because He delights in our faithful work. When we labor "as to the Lord," every task takes on dignity. The spreadsheet completed with excellence, the dishes washed thoroughly, the customer served patiently—all become offerings to Christ. And here is the promise: whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord. Your faithfulness is never wasted or overlooked.
Pray:
Lord, You see every moment of my work—the praised and the unnoticed, the rewarded and the overlooked. Free me from the trap of eye-service. Help me work with excellence because You are my true Employer. I trust You to reward what human eyes may miss. Amen.
Lord, You see every moment of my work—the praised and the unnoticed, the rewarded and the overlooked. Free me from the trap of eye-service. Help me work with excellence because You are my true Employer. I trust You to reward what human eyes may miss. Amen.
Apply:
Choose one task today that no one will notice or thank you for. Do it with wholehearted excellence as an offering to Jesus.
Choose one task today that no one will notice or thank you for. Do it with wholehearted excellence as an offering to Jesus.
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