High Service. Colossians 3:24-25. It may not seem like a big thing you're doing right now, but the motive makes an act of service meaningful. A task assigned to you that appears small and insignificant might be what God recognizes as needed now or in the future. What God wanted has been accomplished, and it wouldn't have happened if you hadn't responded to the call to serve. The ultimate inheritance the Lord offers is in the future, but part of the blessing is in the joy your work brings—whether it's relief, comfort, or a sense of contentment to those you serve. You will share in the results of your efforts and the time you dedicated.
The satisfaction of both the master and the laborer is mutual. The worker is pleased with the work he has done, and it enhances the master's reputation. Both find reward in a job well done—a useful task completed that makes our service an honorable effort aimed at providing what is needed for someone’s benefit and for God's glory. Serving the best of masters brings us personal satisfaction and joy, especially when we serve the Lord we love. Labor today may seem mundane or unimportant, but it leaves a lasting impact. The Lord Jesus Christ assigns us meaningful tasks; there is purpose behind everything He gives us to do. That’s why we must do what is right to the best of our ability and willingly reject what we know to be wrong.
There are rewards for doing what is right and consequences to face for wrong actions or carelessness in carrying them out. If the motive and the work are wrong, that's what we receive when we're finished. How much more important is it that we do what we do for the Lord and not just for men? When the time of reckoning comes, we will see the true value of all we've done for the Lord and the loss we endure because of wrong motives or carelessness in holy matters.
May I always, as a servant of the Lord Jesus Christ, keep my mind on the Master's plan when He commissioned us and what He expects from us. When I do that, I will be pleasing Him, not serving to be seen by man. Then, when the task or the project is completed, we will have good work to present to the Lord Jesus Christ, who sent us to serve Him and whom we are called to represent in this generation.
Fairness from employers is an expectation for labor performed. Christians who employ others have the right to expect fair compensation from those they pay to work for them. No matter who a person is, they have the right to expect reasonable pay for their labor. There may be a division of responsibility in the workforce, but there is equality among people in Christ. Society may change, but society's evolving social morals do not control us. We are guided in life by divine instruction.