MVP

Last night (Dec. 12)my company had their annual Christmas party. I had been eligible to go for the last two years, but had not gone. This was the(to me) third year that I was invited to go and my first to actually go. So my wife and I went to celebrate with my co-workers. At this party they hand out annual awards. Bonuses, perfect attendance and MVP. Thursday before the party, they handed out ballots to vote for team members who you thought was the MVP of your team. My name was on the ballot. I thought "yeah right, I'll never get this award." Not that I was trying to. To me I just go to work and do my job and go home. Back to the party. The president of the company gets up and starts the "program" if you will. His first hand out award was the MVP award. He announces a couple of names, and then the shocker of the evening (to me), he announces my name. I am thinking "no way." I get up, go up front shake his hand, take the award, get a picture taken and then sit back down. At the end of the night, the HR person asks me if was surprised about the award. I told her yes I actually was. She was like really come on, you deserve it. I told her that I am just doing my job. Nothing special. She see's it differently. This got me to thinking about the Bible and how I go about work. It says in 1 Corinthians 10:31 1 Corinthians 10:31New Living Translation (NLT) 31 So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. To me, the whatever you do part of this passage includes work or play. So whatever I do at work, I do it for the glory of God! Or it says in Colossians 3, Colossians 3:23 New Living Translation (NLT) 23 Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. So you see, I just go to work and do it for the Lord. I am not working for awards. My award is in Christ. Yes it was nice to get acknowledged for doing a good job, but again, that's not why I do it. All Glory To God!