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There is something quietly revolutionary about the verse we are sitting with today, and I have been turning it over in my heart all morning. It has a way of transforming the most ordinary moments — the tedious email, the pile of dishes, the thankless errand — into something sacred. I am so glad you are here to explore it together.
— Eric
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Whatever you do. Not the grand gestures, not the Sunday morning moments, not the highlights you might post for others to see — whatever you do. Colossians 3:23 has a breathtaking scope to it. It sweeps up the routine and the repetitive, the overlooked and the unglamorous, and declares that every bit of it can be offered to God as an act of wholehearted devotion.
The word 'heartily' carries the idea of soul-effort — working from the inside out, with genuine energy and care rather than grudging obligation. When the audience shifts from the people watching us to the Lord who sees all things, something changes. The work itself may look identical from the outside, but the spirit animating it is entirely different. Suddenly, excellence is not about earning approval; it is about honoring the One who gave you the ability to work at all.
This is the marathon runner's mindset applied to daily life. Finishing the race well means showing up faithfully not only on the spectacular days but on the quiet, grinding ones too. Every task completed as unto the Lord is another stride toward the finish line — steady, purposeful, and full of grace.
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Take It With You
Today, choose one ordinary task you might normally rush or resent, and do it slowly and carefully as an act of worship to God. Let the shift in your heart be the real work.
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Prayer: Lord, transform my everyday efforts into offerings of love — help me work heartily today, not for applause but for Your glory alone. Amen.
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Good News in History
1956: The first transatlantic telephone cable opens
In September 1956, TAT-1, the first transatlantic telephone cable, began commercial service, connecting North America and Europe with a reliable voice link for the first time. The project was the fruit of years of painstaking, unglamorous engineering work by hundreds of dedicated people. Their wholehearted effort literally brought the voices of loved ones across an ocean.
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A Kindness to Share
Write a brief, sincere note — a text, a card, or even a sticky note — to someone whose quiet, behind-the-scenes work often goes unnoticed, and tell them specifically why their effort matters.
“Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.”
1 Thessalonians 5:11 (World English Bible)
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