i work for the King...

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
colossians 3:23-24

ok, God sometimes throws stuff on us that is unexpected....
like simple things, that i would never even think about one minute, and then suddenly i am forever changed moments later.


that's what this verse did for me early last week. i wasn't looking for it. infact, my purpose was actually to teach my children a life lesson. but, as i continued reading, i came across this verse. and i am completely changed because of it.

i am a girl that loves routine. i don't mind change, but i don't search it out either. i like the familiar, and i love the constants.
they make me comfortable....
but, as i have grown so much this past year, i have realized that comfort isn't what God's desire is for us....
and it's in the moments when i have reached past my comfort levels that i see His blessings magnified.

but i, like most, often find myself easily falling back into routines that are uncomfortable to move past.

then out of the blue i read these words and i see so clearly what God's purpose is for me.
in ALL that i do, i work for Him....
He, after all, is the one i am living this life for.

not my husband, not my children, not my friends, not my career.
FOR CHRIST, the one who saved me.

so quickly my actions change, when i open my eyes knowing in my heart...
"i work for the Lord"
in my marriage, in my parenting, as a friend, and as a business woman.
I live to serve Him in all i do.....

so now, it's hard to go back to the constant humdrum of the familiar.....
knowing i work for the King.