Doing the Lord’s Work

 

“Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus” Colossians 3:17

In spite of this admonition by the apostle Paul to the Colossian Christians, there seems to be a tendency among us today to divide our daily living into two categories: 1) every day living and work and 2) Christian living and doing the Lord’s work.

This was once expressed to me by a friend as each one having two hats: an every day hat to be worn all week and a religious one to be worn on Sundays and at other times when we are engaged in “church work”. These ideas seem foreign to what Paul wrote to the Colossians and to the Corinthian Christians:

                “…whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.” 1 Corinthians 10:31