Dependable

Colossians 3:23, 24 (HCSB) - Whatever you do, do it enthusiastically, as something done for the Lord and not for men, knowing that you will receive the reward of an inheritance from the Lord. You serve the Lord Christ.

During World War II, England needed to increase its production of coal. Winston Churchill called together labor leaders to enlist their support. At the end of his presentation he asked them to picture in their minds a parade which he knew would be held in Piccadilly Circus after the war.

First, he said, would come the sailors who had kept the vital sea lanes open. Then would come the soldiers who had come home from Dunkirk and then gone on to defeat Rommel in Africa. Then would come the pilots who had driven the Luftwaffe from the sky.

Last of all, he said, would come a long line of sweat-stained, soot-streaked men in miner's caps. Someone would cry from the crowd, 'And where were you during the critical days of our struggle?' And from ten thousand throats would come the answer, 'We were deep in the earth with our faces to the coal.'"

Not all the roles in the body of Christ are prominent and glamorous. But it is often the people with their "faces to the coal" who help the Church accomplish its mission.

Don McCullough, Waking from the American Dream.

What role do you serve in?  Can people depend on you to serve to the best of your ability, not because you know they may be watching or evaluating you, but because you are working unto the Lord? 

We have to ask ourselves…Is He the motivation behind what I do?  If He is, then I will do what I do unto Him and not unto man. 

“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.” – Matt