Collosians 3:23-24
"Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, [24] knowing that from the Lord you will recieve the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ."
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This is a very popularly quoted scripture, and for good reason. It's giving us instruction about how to live our lives as we work. It says, "Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men"(emphasis added). So anything that we do, whatever we do, whoever we do it for--it is not for those people that we work. Anything from getting out of bed to brushing our teeth to walking the dog to getting a grade to even changing the world. We work heartily, as for the Lord. This is not simply some spiritually-charged pep talk. This is an aspect of the way to live out life.
And why do we do this? What do we have to look forward to? Because of the fact that we know "that from the Lord you will recieve the inheritance as your reward."(emphasis added). So we know that we are to work heartily, as for Christ and NOT for men, and we know that we will receive the inheritence from Jesus Christ himself. But more than this, we know from the last line, that we actually ARE serving Jesus Christ, and should be serving Him, regardless of the task that we face. "You are serving the Lord Christ." I might not want to do something for myself, or for my parents, or for my teachers; but if I'm doing something for my Savior, the King and Ruler of the universe--then, it is WAY more important on my agenda. Maybe it is that way for you too.
I know that this is the time of the year when we just get so tired, that we start ceasing to care anymore. It gets like that, when you are sick of seeing the same classes, and the same grades, and the same everything throughout the year. We don't think it matters anymore; so little time left to go, and yet, so much to be done with. School is not over. Not yet. But that's ok. We are serving Christ. So don't be discouraged. Work heartily, as for Lord. I pray that many would be blessed by this word; not by my words, but Christ's.
