While I was reading the bible this morning, I read Colossians 3:23. Since God was using it to encourage me, I thought I would write in down in my journal. The verse is SUPPOSED to read, "Whatever you do, work HEARTILY as for the Lord and not to men...".
Would you believe I tried to write "work HARDLY"?!
God used that freudian slip to shine a light right into this dark spot in my heart. There are tasks in my days that are either so menial I get bored doing them every single day or they are so overwhelming I fail to know where to start. I admit there are days that I feel like I "hardly work". But God is calling me to work HEARTILY, thoroughly, wholly, completely for Him....Whoa.....
I'm not kidding, even as I typed that last line, God taught me something new. I focus so much on the work I either am or am not doing, for the Lord, that I failed to see that the verse focuses on WHO we are to be working for. My Freudian slip shows how grossly I misunderstood. I have been focusing on "hard" while the Lord was focusing on "heart.".
I am feeling small in a good way right now. Humbled, yet so loved. How sweet is the love of God, that he would teach me so tenderly? Right in the middle of a blog post. I love this amazing God.
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