LORD OF ALL OUR WORK (Ephesians 6:5-8)

LORD OF ALL OUR WORK (EPHESIANS 6:5-8)

Let me ask you an important question about your relationship with Jesus Christ.  Is Jesus Christ the Lord of all of your life?  Is He the Lord of all of your wealth?  Is He the Lord of all of your worship, is He the Lord of all your family, and is He the Lord of all your work?  This is an important question for us today, because if Jesus is not Lord of all of your life, then He is not Lord at all.  Jesus will not be Lord over a divided kingdom that is your life.  He will not share His throne with Satan. Today, Paul writes to us about making Jesus Christ the Lord of All of Our Work.

Now, most of the people who are listening to me, who are adults, have a job. You are employed.  Either in a secular job, or a spiritual job.  You see, even for those who have retired from their secular job, they still have a role, or a job, assigned to them by God.  There is no retirement in the service of the Lord.  If you are still breathing, then God has a job for you.

Let me ask you, is your job, that you spend a third of your life at, really meaningful to you, or is it just something that is necessary, and perhaps very boring?  How would you like to have that boredom changed to blessing? How would you like to have that drudgery turned to delight? How would you like to have that monotony turned into something that is momentous, and exhilarating, and thrilling, and meaningful?  You might say, in order for me to do that, then I would surely have to change jobs.  Maybe not. I want to show you today how you can take your job, no matter what it is, if it is not immoral, and translate it from the secular to the savory; and how your job can become a ministry, how your job can become the temple of your devotion and the lampstand for your witness. I believe that is exactly what the Apostle Paul is talking about here when He is talking about slaves serving their masters for the glory of God.

It is an important Biblical truth that God chooses ordinary people, gives them supernatural power, and does extraordinary things through ordinary people.  But listen. Here is the secret. God does extraordinary things with ordinary people in ordinary places. 

Click on the play button to hear a message on how you should see your job, whatever your job is.  As a partnership with God.  As a service to yourself, and service to others, and as the lampstand of your devotion.

This is a live recording of The Master’s Class Bible Study at LifeChange Church Wichita, KS.

Amen.