Bondservants, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ, 6 not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, 7 rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man,8 knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a bondservant or is free. 9 Masters, do the same to them, and stop your threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him. Ephesians 6:5-9
INSIGHT:
Doing things with a good heart is always a good idea. A good rule of thumb as prescribed even by the Bible is to do to others as we would like done to us. It does not matter what the situation, the people or circumstances are, we are still called upon to do everything as to the Lord. God is our ultimate Master, our Boss. With Him, there is no shortcuts. He sees through everything and know our motivations perfectly. The important point is that our rewarder is the Lord, not man. In other word unless God prompts someone heart favorably on your behalf, nothing good will happen. Knowing that our rewarder is always just and right, we should be motivated to do good all the time. Let the servant be obedient to their master, and the master be just as well. The point is not who is master and who is the servant but it is to realize that God the ultimate master is watching from heaven.
Faire les choses avec bon cœur est toujours une bonne idée. Une bonne règle prescrite même par la Bible est de faire aux autres ce que nous aimerions qu’on nous fasse. Peu importe la situation, les personnes ou les circonstances, nous sommes toujours appelés à tout faire comme pour le Seigneur. Dieu est notre maître ultime, notre patron. Avec Lui, il n’y a pas de raccourcis. Il voit à travers tout et connaît parfaitement nos motivations. Le point important est que notre rémunérateur est le Seigneur, pas l’homme. En d’autres termes, à moins que Dieu n’incite quelqu’un favorablement en votre nom, rien de bon n’arrivera. Sachant que notre rémunérateur est toujours bon et juste, nous devrions être motivés à faire le bien tout le temps. Que le serviteur obéisse à son maître, et que le maître en retour le traite bien. La question n’est pas de savoir qui est le maître et qui est le serviteur, mais il s’agit de réaliser que Dieu, le maître ultime, voit tout depuis le ciel.
Prayer points/Points de Priere:
- Lord, teach me to be an exemplary employee as a Christian.
- Lord, teach us to do what is good in all circumstances.
- Lord, teach us to be honest in all our dealings.
- Seigneur, apprends-moi à être un employé exemplaire en tant que chrétien.
- Seigneur, apprends-nous à faire le bien en toutes circonstances.
- Seigneur, apprends-nous à être honnêtes dans toutes nos relations.
Verse of the Day:
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. Colossians 3:23-24
Further Reading/ Lecture Supplementaire:
Ephesians 6:5-9