Work for The Lord

In October of 2018 I received a "Blogger Recognition Award" from some of my fellow bloggers. Today I realized there were people now reading that post from 2018, and then the Lord gave me a Scripture to go with it:

“As slaves of Christ, do the will of God with all your heart. Work with enthusiasm, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people.” (Ephesians 6:6b-7 NLT)

(Ephesians 6:6-7 NASB1995: “Not by way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart. With good will render service, as to the Lord, and not to men.”)

The Lord, thus, coordinated this passage of Scripture with the following quotes from that blog post of eight years ago. For the subject matter here has to do with working for the Lord and not for human approval. For if we are working for the Lord, we are going to be doing what God approves whether or not other humans approve us or not. We are going to be following the leading of the Spirit even if we are trashed by other humans.

Quote from blog post on October 28, 2018:

In the past couple of days, I and my blog, “Run With It,” were nominated for the “Blogger Recognition Award” by two different people… So, I want to thank them both for this honor. Thank you, ladies!

But, I also want to give all the honor, glory and praise to God, for truly this is HIS blog, and I just write what he directs me to write and what he teaches me from His Word. So, all the glory and honor go to HIM, and not to me. I am just his servant, doing his bidding. So, this is truly HIS award, not mine. End quote

*[Here I gave my testimony as to how this blog got started and what motivated me to begin blogging. But this is too long to share again now.]

One of the things I was asked to do in receiving this blogger award was to give two pieces of advice to new bloggers, and so this is what the Lord gave me to share with them at that time, which still applies to our lives today.

Another quote from the blog post of October 28, 2018:

Advice to new or to old bloggers:

First of all, I would say that, if you are a follower of Jesus Christ, that you should give your blog to the Lord, and let it be HIS blog, not yours. Let him decide what goes on your blog. Inquire of Him as to what you should write about, and let him guide your words. And don’t do it for the praise of humans, but be willing to suffer persecution, if necessary, or rejection, for speaking the truths which God would have you to speak.

Secondly, I would advise you then to put the results of what God has you write in his hands, trusting that he will use it for his purposes and for his glory. Don’t worry about how people are going to respond, and don’t be looking for how many followers or “likes” you will receive as your measure of success. If you are being obedient to the Lord, then you are a success, whether or not anyone recognizes you or your work. End Quote

And this is advice I need to give to myself sometimes, too, if I begin to get concerned about lack of responses from people at all. I would never change what I write to please people in place of writing what the Lord gives me to write, but I am not against trying to make it to where I can post some things in smaller sections for those who do not read long posts, provided the smaller sections of writing do not lose their context in the process, which does not always work. But my main purpose in writing is to write what the Lord gives me to share all for his glory. And I leave the results in his hands.

He Touched My Mouth  

Based off Isaiah 6:1-8; Jeremiah 1:4-9

An Original Work / June 13, 2012

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Oh, I saw the Lord seated on His throne,

High and lifted up; Holy is the Lord!

The earth is full of His glory.

“Woe to me,” I cried, 

“I’m of unclean lips.”

My Lord touched my mouth

With His cleansing pow’r; 

Removed all my guilt, paid for by His blood.

He asked, “Whom shall I send;

Who will go for us?” 

I said, “Here am I. Send me!”

Before I was born, God set me apart;

He appointed me to His servant be.

I said, “I don’t know how to speak.

I am but a child.” Then, the Lord replied:

“Do not say to me, ‘I am but a child.’

You must go to all, and do what I say.

Do not fear them, for I’m with you.”

My Lord touched my mouth;

Gave me words to say.

https://vimeo.com/114929183

Video Talk on the Same Subject

https://youtu.be/DeAXEHolDe4

Work for The Lord

An Original Work / April 23, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love