Christians are told in scripture that whatever we find to do we should do it with all our might as unto the Lord. Our culture tends to compartmentalize work by regarding work done in the context of a church ministry as ministry and the same task done either as a help to a fiend or someone in need or even something we are paid to do as not ministry.
I have driven the church van for many years and when I first took the job I was asked to do it and offered pay for the work. I regarded it as a job like driving for a limousine company which is something else I have done. After driving for a number of months, my pastor said to me one Sunday as I was heading to the office to return the keys "The Lord appreciates your ministry". I never regarded the work the same way again and have often thought about this subject.
I get paid now to tune pianos and I have on occasion had the opportunity to share the gospel with a customer but I believe all of my work is ministry as I do it all for the Lord. I have been given a job that I really like which is a blessing so it is not hard to give my day to the Lord as I set out to do this work. We all spend a lot of time at the work we do to make a living. I have done many different types of work that I was paid for and having this attitude about work with jobs that I did not like was not as easy. For a christian, however, this line should not exist as all labor dine for the Lord would be ministry.
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