"Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord and not for men" (Colossians 3:23).
Duty, responsibility, obedience: what onerous words! One person goes to war, another to the kitchen, another to his or her desk at the office and another to the classroom. Each is to work enthusiastically, dependably and honorably.
Duty
We cannot do it all, much as some of us would like to do much more, but we can do our fragment of the whole work. We join the work of others who have gone before us and will come after us. Our duty is to do our part resolutely and satisfactorily. It is useless to fret over what we are unable to do, for we all have limitations. Another part is another's responsibility, and it is waiting for that person, just as our work waits for us.
Sometimes it seems impossible to get started on the day's work. Dwight L. Moody gives advice that might help: "Some say if only my fears and doubts will leave then I will get to work. But instead you should get to work and then your fears and doubts will leave." Samuel Johnson gives a sage suggestion, also: "Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance." And Ruskin tells us: "Every noble life leaves its fiber interwoven forever in the work of the world."
"...A great door for effective work has opened..." (1 Corinthians 16:9). Each day is that door. We can forget about yesterday and its laziness and failure. "Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus" (Phil. 1:6). Being confident is the secret to the success of working for God and not for men. God knows about the perspiration and perseverance. We can place our trust in Him to know our strengths and weaknesses and how much we can do. Sometimes relatives and friends are not so merciful.
Duty, Responsibility, Obedience - Words Still in the Dictionary
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