You Serve the Lord Christ
Audio / Produced by The High CallingTranscript
Is work a high calling? Andy said,“Yeah, if you’re Bill Gates or Bono. If you have millions of dollars to fight disease or feed the hungry.” From Andy’s perspective, work was work. Period. Especially since company downsizing had lowered his position and pay.
So this verse broadsided him: Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men. Whoa! Andy had seen those words before—but when circumstances were much different.
This is Howard Butt, Jr., of Laity Lodge. In Colossians 3, Paul lays it out: “It is the Lord Christ whom you serve.” For Andy, that reminder became a game-changer. Those simple words return us all to the high calling of our daily work.
Popular Content
Popular Content
Donate
Bookstore
The Theology of Work Bible Commentary is an in-depth Bible study tool put together by a group of biblical scholars, pastors, and workplace Christians to help you discover what the whole Bible--from Genesis to Revelation--says about work. Business, education, law, service industries, medicine, government--wherever you work, in whatever capacity, the Scriptures have something to say about it. This edition is a one-volume hardcover version.
Topics
Copyright
Contributors: Howard E. Butt, Jr.
Published by The High Calling, July 29, 2012.
Theology of Work Project Online Materials by The High Calling are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
You are free to share (to copy, distribute and transmit the work), and remix (to adapt the work), under the condition that you must give appropriate credit to The High Calling, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You should not suggest in any way that The High Calling or Theology of Work endorses you or your use of the work.
© 2012 by The High Calling and the Theology of Work Project, Inc.All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com The “NIV” and “New International Version” are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.™