We have all had feelings of being unappreciated…either at work, in the areas we volunteer for, or even within our own family. And as it continues, our feelings of invalidation, apathy, and indifference can lead to us to assume that others are just ungrateful or unappreciative of what we actually do for them. Thus if left to grow, this can easily morph into resentfulness, discouragement, and walking away from the work entirely. But before that drastic step is taken, we need to do a paradigm shift…a total mindset of thinking about just who in reality we’re working for. In several passages of the New Testament Paul is addressing Christian slaves. In Ephesians 6:7 Paul instructs them to, “Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not man.” And again Paul reminds them in Colossians 3:24, “It is the Lord Christ you are serving.” So for us, we also need to shift our focus…we are not serving an earthly master, but rather serving the exalted Christ.
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