Eph. 6:5-8<\/a>) are freighted with meaning for all who profess to be servants of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\nThey show, first of all, that any honorable work, no matter how menial it is, can be done to the glory of God. The slaves to whom Paul wrote may have mopped floors, cooked meals, washed dishes, tended animals or cultivated crops. Yet the Apostle said that these chores could be done \u201cas unto Christ\u201d (v. 5); that in performing them, the slaves were \u201cthe bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God\u201d (v. 6); that they were \u201cdoing service, as to the Lord\u201d (v. 7); and that they would be rewarded by the Lord for \u201cdoing a good job\u201d (v. 8).<\/p>\n
It is easy in our thinking to make a dichotomy between the secular and the sacred. We think of our week-day work as being secular whereas our preaching, witnessing and Bible teaching are sacred. But this passage teaches that for the Christian there need be no such distinction. Realizing this, the wife of a well-known preacher put a motto over her kitchen sink, \u201cDivine services conducted here three times daily.\u201d<\/p>\n
A servant with this clause
\nMakes drudgery divine;
\nWho sweeps a room as for Thy laws
\nMakes that and th\u2019 action fine.<\/p>\n
George Herbert<\/p>\n
There is another choice lesson here, namely, that no matter how low a person may be on the social ladder, he is not shut out from the choicest blessings and rewards of Christianity. He may never exchange his work clothes for a business suit, but if his work is of such good quality as to bring glory to Christ, he will receive a full reward. \u201cKnowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free\u201d (v. 8).<\/p>\n
Believing this, we should pray, in the lines of George Herbert:<\/p>\n
Teach me, my God and King,
\nIn all things Thee to see,
\nAnd what I do in anything
\nTo do it as for Thee.<\/p>\n
\u0b9c\u0ba9\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bbf 17<\/p>\n
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17. Januar<\/p>\n
\u00bbUnd mit Gutwilligkeit dienet, als dem Herrn und nicht den Menschen.\u00ab Epheser 6,7<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nPaulus\u2019 Anweisungen f\u00fcr die Sklaven (Verse 5-8) sind \u00e4u\u00dferst bedeutungsvoll f\u00fcr alle, die Diener Jesu Christi sein wollen. Als Erstes zeigen sie, dass jede ehrbare Arbeit, gleichg\u00fcltig wie niedrig sie auch sein mag, zur Ehre Gottes getan werden kann. Die Sklaven, an die Paulus schrieb, haben vielleicht Fu\u00dfb\u00f6den geputzt, Essen zubereitet, Geschirr gesp\u00fclt, Haustiere versorgt oder im Feld gearbeitet. Doch der Apostel sagt, dass alle diese t\u00e4glichen Pflichten \u00bbals dem Christus\u00ab getan werden k\u00f6nnen (Vers 5), dass die Sklaven bei der Ausf\u00fchrung dieser Arbeiten \u00bbdie Sklaven Christi\u00ab waren, die \u00bbden Willen Gottes tun\u00ab (Vers 6), dass sie \u00bbdem Herrn dienten\u00ab (Vers 7) und dass sie schlie\u00dflich vom Herrn belohnt w\u00fcrden f\u00fcr \u00bbdas Gute\u00ab, das ein jeder geleistet hat (Vers 8).<\/p>\n
Wir fallen allzu leicht in den Fehler, zwischen \u00bbweltlicher\u00ab und \u00bbgeistlicher \u00ab Arbeit zu unterscheiden. Unsere t\u00e4gliche Arbeit w\u00e4hrend der Woche nennen wir \u00bbweltlich \u00ab, w\u00e4hrend wir unser Predigen, Zeugnisgeben und unsere Bibelunterweisung als \u00bbgeistliche\u00ab Arbeit ansehen. Aber unser Text lehrt, dass es f\u00fcr den Christen diese Unterscheidung nicht geben sollte. Im Bewusstsein dieser Tatsache befestigte die Frau eines bekannten Predigers als Wahlspruch \u00fcber ihrer christlichen Sp\u00fcle: \u00bbHier dreimal t\u00e4glich Gottesdienst.\u00ab<\/p>\n
Ein Knecht mit dieser Einstellung
\nMacht Plackerei zu etwas G\u00f6ttlichem;
\nWer ein Zimmer Dir zur Ehre kehrt,
\nVeredelt es und auch die Handlung.
\n(George Herbert, 1593-1633, anglikanischer Pfarrer und Dichter)<\/p>\n
Und noch eine weitere kostbare Wahrheit lernen wir hier, dass n\u00e4mlich \u2013 wie niedrig jemandes gesellschaftliche Stellung auch sein mag \u2013 er deswegen keinesfalls von den herrlichsten Segnungen und Belohnungen des Christseins ausgeschlossen ist. Er tauscht vielleicht nie in seinem Leben seine Arbeitskleidung gegen einen Ma\u00dfanzug aus, aber wenn seine Arbeit von so guter Qualit\u00e4t ist, dass sie Christus verherrlicht, dann wird er vollen und reichen Lohn empfangen. \u00bbDa ihr wisset, dass, was irgend ein jeder Gutes tun wird, er dies vom Herrn empfangen wird, er sei Sklave oder Freier\u00ab (Vers 8).<\/p>\n
Wenn wir dies glauben, sollten wir mit George Herbert beten: Lehre mich, mein Gott und K\u00f6nig, In allen Dingen Dich zu sehen, Und, was irgend ich auch tue, Es ganz und gar f\u00fcr Dich zu tun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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