歌罗西书3章22节Colossians
3:22
「要凡事听从你们肉身的主人，不要只在眼前事奉，像是讨人喜欢的，总要存心诚实敬畏主。」”Obey in all things your masters according to the flesh, not
with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in sincerity of heart, fearing God.”
读经: 歌罗西书3章22-25节 Scripture Reading: Colossians 3：22-25
派特的第一份工作是在超市值夜班。打烊后，他和其他的员工将商品上架。老板吩咐他们，为了方便顾客，上架时要将罐头的标签正面朝外。但老板又叮咛了一句：「前面三排罐头的标签都要正面朝外。」一晚，当派特正在摆放罐头的时候，他的同事开始嘲笑他说：「只要第一排罐头的标签正面朝外就好了，谁会发现呢？」
对一个青少年来说，这是个抉择的时刻。 他是该按老板要求的去做，还是为自己方便就偷懒呢？
我们都曾经遇到过类似的情况，我们必须要作出决定。使徒保罗鼓励他的同工，即便是在没有人看见时，仍要遵守，他说：「你们作仆人的，要凡事听从你们肉身的主人，不要只在眼前事奉，像是讨人喜欢的，总要存心诚实敬畏主。」（歌罗西书3章22节）
不管我们的老板是否在身边，或是有其他的人在监视我们，我们都应该做正确的事。虽然有时候服从是很不容易，或是会造成不便，但服从是对的。
请记得：「人若知道行善，却不去行，这就是他的罪了。」
（雅各书4章17节）CHK
求主助我紧跟耶稣，
日日夜夜时刻顺服；
立志做祂忠心门徒，
听旨行事取悦救主。 Fitzhugh
无人察看时的行为，表现我们的真品格。
Pat’s first job was working on the
night crew at a grocery store. After closing time, he and the other employees
stocked the shelves. Pat’s boss had instructed them to always turn the soup
cans forward so that the label could be read easily. But he had gone a little
further by saying, “Make sure that they’re facing forward—three cans back.” One
night as Pat was arranging the shelves, his co-workers began to scoff, “Just
make sure the front can is turned the right way. Who’s gonna know?”
It was a moment of decision for the
teenager. Should he obey what his boss had asked him to do, or just do what was
easy?
We’ve all been in similar situations
where we’ve had to make a choice. The apostle Paul encouraged his fellow
believers to be obedient even when no one was watching: “Bondservants, obey in
all things your masters according to the flesh, not with eyeservice, as
men-pleasers, but in sincerity of heart, fearing God” (Col. 3:22).
Doing the right thing should not be
dependent on whether our employer is around or if anyone else is watching. It’s
not always easy or convenient to be obedient. But it’s right.
Remember, “to him who knows to do
good and does not do it, to him it is sin” (James 4:17).
Lord, help me
to follow Jesus,
To obey Him day
by day,
To be His
faithful disciple
And please Him
in every way. —Fitzhugh
Our character is measured by what
we do when no one is looking.
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