Putting Forth Quality Labor

If we read any bumper stickers on the rear end of automobiles, we've probably seen the axiom, "I owe, I owe, so off to work I go." For a vast portion of the workforce in our country, this is the best reason they can muster for going to their job each day.

According to one survey, only 49 percent of American office workers are satisfied with their work.

In the first century, Christian slaves had even less reason to be enthusiastic about their work. But Paul gave them a way to grasp a glimpse of glory amid the daily grind. He wanted them to "adorn the doctrine of God" — that is, to show the beauty of their faith in Christ by "how" they worked (Titus 2:9-10).

A significant and often overlooked way that we serve God, is in our everyday tasks, some of them menial in nature.

Dear reader, as followers of Christ, let us put forth quality labor — the labor God can put His stamp of approval on (cf. Matthew 5:16; Ephesians 6:5-8; Colossians 3:22-24).

—Mike Riley, Gospel Snippets