Verse 7

Obey with enthusiasm, as though serving the Lord and not people,

Referenced Verses

• Gen 31:38-40 : 38 “I have been with you for the past twenty years. Your ewes and female goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten rams from your flocks. 39 Animals torn by wild beasts I never brought to you; I always absorbed the loss myself. You always made me pay for every missing animal, whether it was taken by day or at night. 40 I was consumed by scorching heat during the day and by piercing cold at night, and I went without sleep.
• Eph 6:5-6 : 5 Slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ, 6 not like those who do their work only when someone is watching– as people-pleasers– but as slaves of Christ doing the will of God from the heart.
• Col 3:23 : 23 Whatever you are doing, work at it with enthusiasm, as to the Lord and not for people,
• Gen 31:6 : 6 You know that I’ve worked for your father as hard as I could,
• 2 Kgs 5:2-3 : 2 Raiding parties went out from Syria and took captive from the land of Israel a young girl, who became a servant to Naaman’s wife. 3 She told her mistress,“If only my master were in the presence of the prophet who is in Samaria! Then he would cure him of his skin disease.”
• 2 Kgs 5:13 : 13 His servants approached and said to him,“O master, if the prophet had told you to do some difficult task, you would have been willing to do it. It seems you should be happy that he simply said,“Wash and you will be healed.”
• 1 Cor 10:31 : 31 So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.