Do your duty

22 December 2010.

Luke 17:10 So you also, when you have done all that is commanded you, say, 'We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.'"

In this world today people seem to have lost their sense of duty, even how to define what duty is. Duty is that which we are obligated to do, it is something that is expected and not something that we do as a favour for someone else. When we go to work for instance it is our duty to actually do our tasks, if we make an appointment it is our duty to keep it. It is when we understand what duty is and do our duties that we become people of integrity. We may not like the Pastor, we may not like the way things happen, but we still go to church because we have a duty to God to do so.

When we start to understand what our duties are, then we need to start doing them, and for many people they do not even know where to start. A wise man once said ‘you do your duty that is nearest to you, and before you have completed that you will see what your next duty is’. For all the great people of faith were found to be people who did their duties, and through their example we too can become like them. At this time of Christmas there are many things we like to do, and company who would like to have around us, yet we must not forget to whom we are duty bound. We do not do our duty with a sad face and an unhappy heart, we do it with joy because we are doing it for Jesus to whom we are duty bound.

Be encouraged today to do your duty, stand firm and find the joy in it.

David

Point to ponder:  Duty is a God-given responsibility.

Question to consider:  Are you dutiful?

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