“And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.” Colossians 3:17 NIV
I know that life can get boring at times or become mundane but this verse can help us remember that everything we do has a purpose. God placed us here to bring glory and honor to Him as we live our lives. This verse hung on the wall of a friend of mine’s office and she said that it helped her to read it when she was wanting to complain about the path that God had led her down.
In those times when she wanted to complain about the task she was to do or the difficult conversations she was going to have to have, she could look at that verse and remember that WHATEVER she was needing to do, she was to do it so that it brought glory and honor to our Lord Jesus. There is a myth sometimes around Christians that we don’t ever become bored with life, that we don’t feel like complaining about what we are tasked with to do.
That could not be further from the truth. We are like everyone else, we are human and we question things at times. There are times when we don’t want to do things we need to do and we grow weary. However, we are able to go to our Heavenly Father and ask for guidance, forgiveness for complaining and reminders of Who the focus is to be on as we are living life.
I encourage anyone who struggles with complaining about life to hang this verse somewhere they can see throughout their day so they can be reminded that everything we do should be done to bring glory and honor to our Lord Jesus.