There's Glory, Even In The Daily Grind!

Living the life of a slave in the Roman Empire was not an easy thing. For the most part, slaves were regarded as being on equal level with animals with few, if any rights. Some slaves were fortunate enough to have good masters and challenging work, but most were given menial tasks to perform. They worked long hard hours with little rest.

Christians, on the other hand, are of a different breed. We are bondservants [slaves] of Christ (Philippians 1:1), representing Him in the workplace. We each work for our Employer, Jesus Christ, and labor for a commendation which will ultimately come from Him (Ephesians 6:5-8; cf. Matthew 25:21,23).

Martin Luther King captured the heart of this truth when he observed:

"If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that the hosts of heaven will pause to say, 'Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.'"

Our work may be tedious. We have an employer who doesn't appreciate us or pay us what we think we're worth. We may even want to quit.

But think about this: We are working for our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. And as such, we need to perform our daily work to the best of our God-given ability, so that our Master in heaven can one day say to us, "Well done, good and faithful servant ..... Enter into the joy of your Lord" (Matthew 25:21,23).

Dear reader, there's glory, even in the daily grind!

—Mike Riley, Gospel Snippets