HIMPower Magazine HimPower May 2017 | Page 14

FOR YOUR INSPIRATION Who Are You Working For? by Juliane Wiebracht E ver have one of those moments at work, or at home, when someone makes a careless comment that leads you to feel unappreciated and taken for granted? Your head spins with all the sacrifices you’ve made, how hard you’ve worked, and you realize that you’re not getting trophies or pats on the back... and you feel really stuck. Am I working all these years for no pro- motion? No accolades? Just to be taken for granted? And yet, in that moment of sincere discouragement, a question floats to the surface, “Who are we working for anyway?” The truth springs up in Colossians 3:23-24 (NIV) “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.” With this truth in mind, I find a new longing to be a servant, even though I know it is a lifetime of serving that I am called to 14  HimPower May 2017