Work Because You Have a Desire to Please, Not Because You're Ordered

Today, Jefe was teaching the students at our training center the difference between serving the Lord by the law or by grace. He discussed a little bit about how Paul taught both in Galatians and Colossians how we are no longer bound by the law.

A lot of times as Christian leaders, we teach people a set of rules that they have to obey in order to please the Lord. Instead, what we should be teaching them is to truly love the Lord and do His will because they want to please Him not because we have to obey a list of rules.

For an example Jefe shared how he and his wife Betty don't have a set of rules that each have to follow every day. They do things for each other because they love each other, and not because they have to.

A marriage will never work if the wife and husband have a list that each have to comply with in order to please the other. Any couple that lives by a list of rules and demands has missed the point of what marriage really is. Rules in marriage will only cause resentment and rebellion.

It's the same way when we teach people how to have a relationship with the Lord. We should not teach people a bunch of rules. We should teach them to have a love relationship with Jesus Christ. Doing what God wants them to do will come after they have the right relationship.

Now to apply that to the 2nd man, you shouldn't work for the 1st man because he commands you to do certain things. You should do it because you love him and desire to please him. Most of all you should do it because the work you do for Him is the work you do for the Lord. You should find out what he likes and what pleases him, and do those things because you have a desire to please him.

If he has to order you to do things then you have missed the idea of what a 2nd man is supposed to be. You should have your day full of things you can do without him every saying a word. You should find out for yourself what pleases him and make sure those things get done.