thoughts

I was reading the other day in Colossians and it talked about Paul and his job. This got me to thinking. You know I have always dreamed about having a church job. Something where I could just focus on ministry all day long. And where that would be great Paul did something else while he was in ministry. He made sure he had a job so that people would not think that he was getting fat off of ministry dollars. Now I am not saying that people who work for the church shouldn't. But this brings up an interesting talking point doesn't it?
First off lets not use the word "job" as a tool to hold us back from the ministry God has called us for. Meaning don't say "I could do this IF I worked for the church". But instead since you don't work for the church then you aren't doing anything at all.
Second, let's get out there doing the work of the Lord because He expects us to. Let's not do just those things in which would only benefit us. Besides we already have the payment we deserve. We have eternal salvation from damnation. This is the gift that keeps on giving.
So let this post be to you and especially I and let us get up off our behinds and get to work for the Lord. And do a good job doing so. Let's not glory ourselves rather lets go out of our way to glorify the Lord in what we do. Whether it is cleaning toilets or managing a fortune 500 company we should strive to do an excellent job at it all to glorify God.