双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：3月3日 心甘情愿地做事

3月3日

心甘情愿地做事

“无论做什么，都要从心里做，像是给主做的，不是给人做的，”

歌罗西书3:23

你是否有过这样的经历：父母要你做一件事，你心里非常不情愿？你当然有。也许朋友们在外面玩，你却要修剪草坪。也许你爱看的电视节目开始了，你却得完成作业。又或许要帮别人收拾烂摊子，或收拣你的衣服。又或者要对别人强装笑脸，即便你心里很沮丧。

不管你得干什么事，都不会杀了你。（你今天还能读到这篇灵修，就说明你还活着。）也许你很不爽，你觉得有理由对那个让你做这些事的人表示不满。也许你怒气冲冲，牢骚满腹，你要找个办法让自己心里平衡。除非那是个坏人，叫你做坏事，否则让你做的事多多少少都是一种责任或义务。或许总是为了某种意义，即便是平淡乏味的例行公事，或许你也不知道是为了什么目的。上帝要我们做任何事情都从心里做，就好像我们是给主做的，不是给人做的。

今日祷告：

主耶稣，求祢赐给我比以往更大的能力去服事。无论做什么，都让我把它看作是为而祢做的。奉主耶稣基督的圣名，阿们！

March 3–Willingly

Work willingly at whatever you do,as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people.

CO LO S S I A N S 3:2 3

Have you ever been asked to do a job that you didn’t want to do?Of course you have.Perhaps it was mowing the lawn while your friends played outside.Perhaps it was finishing your homework while your favorite show was on.Or perhaps it was cleaning up someone else’s mess,or picking up your clothes,or acting polite when you were actually seething with frustration inside.

Whatever it was that you had to do,it didn’t kill you.(You’re reading this right now today because you are probably still alive.)It may have bugged you and made you feel a wee bit justified in letting whoever told you to do it that you were just a wee bit upset with them.Perhaps you huffed and puffed,perhaps you grumbled and complained,or perhaps you devised ways to get even.Unless the person or job was evil,the work you were asked to do was likely some sort of responsible service in one way or another.It probably served a purpose,even if mundane or routine,or unknown to you.It is God’s desire that we work willingly,as if we are working for God,not for people.

Pray for the Day:

Lord Jesus,give me a bigger capacity to serve than I have been known to show in the past.Let me see the work that I do,whatever it may be,as a service to you.Amen.