Serve well

 Colossians 4:1

Masters, give your bondservants what is just and fair, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.

This is such a sobering verse. In modern-day everyday life, Paul's admonishment would probably be something along these lines: Most of us work for an employer, we are bound by an employment contract. Some of us are employers, who have employees working for us. We should serve well if we are employed, and employers should treat their employees justly and fairly. However, in God's Kingdom there is a great equalizing principle. Whether employers or employees on earth, reality is that in heaven we all have a Master that we are going to serve for an eternity. Our Master in heaven is a just and fair King who is perfect in character and cannot treat anyone serving Him in an unjust or unfair manner - so the crux of this verse is that ultimately, we are all servants.

Point to ponder:  The kind of servant we are willing to be in the natural probably gives an indication of what kind of servant we are to God in the spirit.  Are we serving well, or do we need to make some changes as to how we serve Jesus, and those at work, in church or in our families, or our friends?  What kind of servant are we choosing to be in His Kingdom?  

Here be Lions:  For me and my house we will serve the Lord