Doing a Good Job for God

"Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for man."

- Colossians 3:23 / NASV

For some reason, social media, like Facebook, opens a door for people, even Christians, to complain and moan about everything.  One of the top topics of complaints are people's jobs.  This is curious to me.  For one, we live in a time and in a country that no one should be working at a job they hate.  I don't want to hear excuses about the economy and not enough jobs.  People can find work if they desire to hard enough, and if you don't like what you do, do what you like.

                As Christians, I believe that we should see work differently than un-believers.  We are not working for man, we are working for God.  It does not matter what you do or how hard you work, you should always strive to be the best because you serve the best.  God deserves nothing but excellence from us.

                So how do we deal with jobs we do not like or that we feel are unpleasant?  Here are a few tips that can help you love your job.

Do your best

                When we give a job our best (no matter what that job is) we will feel good about the job.  People love to feel they are good at what they do, so the better you do it, the better you feel.

Learn all you can

                The more you know the better you will be.  Learn all you can about the work you do.  Not just what you need to know but all you can.  Become an expert and you will in time be recognized as an expert.

Do it to please God

                When we deliberately work to give God our best, we feel better about what we do because we see it as a gift, not a chore.  God is pleased with a good job, no matter what the work, He expects us to do it for Him and to be an example of excellence.

                Always remember that you matter to the world.  God placed you here to make a difference and that difference is good.  You possess the qualities of a real success-minded person, which are to: Be your best.  Love God.  Have good manners. Discover the unknown.  Change the world.

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