“Not by way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart” (Eph. 6:6).
We sometimes make the mistake of dividing life into two separate categories—the sacred and the secular. The sacred involves what we do at church and the secular involves the rest of life. We come to church and worship and serve and we leave the building and take our “sacred clothes” off for the week and go back to the “secular world.” There can be no distinction for the follower of Christ—everything and every moment are sacred.
For that reason, servants (employees) are not motivated by “eyeservice” to please men. It appears that here and in Colossians 3:22 Paul has invented a word to express his meaning. The idea is that the believer should not act under the “compulsion of Inspection” to please men. If an employee’s only concern is to please men, he/she will act in such a manner as to do only those things which are seen and rewarded by man.
The Christian excels in his/her work whether observed by man or not, because his/her desire is to do the will of God from the heart. We work for the approval of one—our Heavenly Father.
Prayer: Father, help me to do Your will daily as I serve in my job. Amen.