work, or service???

The Bible is an amazing book just as a book, then you add that it is God's word to mankind and to the individual heart. It speaks fresh with each time you read it. I laugh sometimes when I find myself thinking of some kind of "deep magic" like in the Chronicles of Narnia, as if that explains how it all works. Of course magic is not involved, but the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit teaches us. I absolutely love it when I have one of those moments when a verse I've read a hundred times suddenly comes to life in a new way to powerfully change my heart.
Ephesians is one of those books that teaches you how to live. I've been slowly making my way through it for I think possibly the 5th time in the last 6 months or so. I keep coming back to it for some reason. I like to read a few verses at a time and really try to meditate on those. I'll admit I'm not always good at the meditation, there are days when I just go through the motions of reading and don't even remember what I've read. Tonight, I read Ephesians 6:5-9 and was challenged unexpectedly. Sometimes we get prideful without really knowing it. I believe, I know I am a hard worker, I am respectful, I don't cheat my employers, it would seem to me that I am a good employee. That all maybe true, but when I read verse 5 I did a double take, "Servants, be obedient to them that are your master according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart as unto Christ." that "as unto Christ" really got me. I know I don't give that kind of reverence to my boss, I think she is overbearing and I get annoyed with her a lot. I have to look at her in a new light. Yes she may have her issues, but God put her in authority over me, maybe I forgot that. I need to be really serious about showing that I am really truly earnest about doing as she says. I should pray for her instead of judge her lifestyle.
Bottom line, if I want to serve Christ well in my workplace, I have to serve my boss well.