Do Everything For God's Glory

1 Corinthians 10:31 says, "So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God." So what is it you do for a living? Do you trade stocks? What about organizing books? Or maybe you clean toilets? Do you like your job? Do you hate it? I don't know about you but I don't like cleaning the bathroom much. I like dishes even less. But this passage says that whatever we do, it should be done to the glory of God.

So how do we do this? How do you give God glory in a job that you might hate? This has been a difficult lesson for me to learn at times. A biggie here is to realize it's not about us. As I was listening to the pastor preach this past Sabbath, he called our attention to the story of Leah having sons in Genesis 29. She thought three times that Jacob would finally love her for having a son each of the three times. Finally, when the fourth son was born, she realized it wasn't about her. She finally learned to praise God no matter what. Genesis 29:35 says, "She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” So she named him Judah."