Ephesians 6:7
7 With [meta] good will [eunoia] doing service, [douleuo] as
to the Lord, [kurios] and [kai] not [ou] to men: [anthropos] KJV-Interlinear
7 With good will render service,
as to the Lord, and not to men, NASB
Good will, means kindness and benevolence. And that means that whatever your station in
life, whether placed high in life or low in life, your service is not to man,
but to God.
A slave is instructed to obey. A wife is instructed to obey. A worker is instructed to obey.
And whether you are under kind and good authority
or under biter and ruthless authority, this verse teaches you to always look to
God and not to man, and not even to your own circumstances.
This is how people have gone to martyrdom when
everything that is done to them is totally wrong and unfair. When they have every right to complain and be
bitter, but are not.
And that is one of the biggest difficulties in
life, which is to prevent yourself from bitterness and hate, by blaming God or
life in general, or someone or something else, because your life is miserable
and not what you want or expected, or even feel that you deserve.
God does not sanction evil behavior that places you
in your situation, but this is the devils world. God did not create the evils and unfairness's
of this world. That is totally Satan’s
fault.
But God is there to show that no matter what the
circumstances, He is able to find people who will still look to Him. Job looked to God. Jonah looked to God. And obviously Jesus looked to God when nearly
everyone turned their back on Him, and even killed Him.
Any and all bad circumstances in life are temporary
at the most. Even if they last for
years, they are still temporary and your ultimate victory and vindication will come
when you are in heaven. Your victory
will last forever.
Likewise, masters or those in authority, are not
there because they are somehow superior. They are only there because God placed
them there, and for no other reason. God
can promote or demote anyone at any time, lest anyone get a bit too uppity in
their attitude concerning themselves.
In short, no matter what you situation is in life,
God placed you there for a reason. And
that reason is because that is exactly what you need in order to be successful
in your spiritual life. Your carnal life
or worldly life is irrelevant.
To accept your station in life is to accept Gods
will. To reject your station in life is
to reject Gods will.
This does not mean that you cannot try to better
yourself. We all have abilities of some
sort, and to ignore them and not enhance them is also an act of
irresponsibility. God did not place you
here to sit on the ground and do nothing.
But when you pursue your daily study and your spiritual
life, then Gods will opens up many doors for you and therein is your map for
advancing in your life. You just need to
make sure that you do not make your worldly life a higher priority than your
spiritual life.
