There are certain things in life that we all feel is our duty to do. For instance, we feel a duty to complete our education if we want a good job, we feel a duty to be at work on time and give an honest day’s work for an honest day’s pay, we feel a duty to be patriotic to this great nation of ours, and on the list goes. It is too numerous to list everything we feel is our duty to perform on a daily basis.
One day during Colonial times a “dark day” appeared. When the sun seemed to disappear at midday, the people were so alarmed that many of them began to cry thinking that the world was coming to an end.
Even the legislature was disturbed and confused. One stalwart member said, “I make a motion that we secure some candles and proceed with our business. If the end of the world is about to come, I want to be found doing my duty.” Wow!! Now, that is sound advice. Let’s be about doing our duty.
That brings an interesting question: what is my duty as a Christian? The Lord Jesus answered that question when He was asked what is the greatest commandment. “Jesus said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’” Yep, our duty is to love God with our entire being.
Live every day this week by doing your duty as a Christian—love God with all your body, mind, and spirit!!!!
