Giving God My Work
Patricia Raybon Our Daily Bread Ministries https://odb.org/ All rights reserved-Published with permission Giving God My Work Bible in a Year : Job 17–19 Acts 10:1–23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord. Colossians 3:23 Today's Scripture & Insight : Colossians 3:22–25 The magazine I was writing for felt “important,” so I struggled to present the best possible article I could for the high-ranking editor. Feeling pressure to meet her standards, I kept rewriting my thoughts and ideas. But what was my problem? Was it my challenging topic? Or was my real worry personal: Would the editor approve of me and not just my words? For answers to our job worries, Paul gives trustworthy instruction. In a letter to the Colossian church, Paul urged believers to work not for approval of people, but for God. As the apostle said, “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 receiv