08/14/2026
Martin Luther, the father of the Reformation, hated the distinction between the laity and the clergy. He didn’t like the idea that nuns, priests, and monks were engaged in holier works than housewives and farmers.
William Tyndale said it this way, “If we look externally, there is a difference between washing dishes and preaching the word of God, but as touching the matter of pleasing God, there is no difference at all.” That’s the biblical view of work—there is no difference.
Whether one volunteers to sweep the floor or another volunteers to lead the Bible Study makes no difference at all in the eyes of God when both honor God in what they do. We have to keep in mind that Jesus taught and preached the Word of God for three years, but prior to that he was a carpenter. For how long? Most probably for at least 20 years. Does that mean the work he did during the last 3 years of his life was holier than the 20 years he spent as a carpenter?
Therefore, when God calls you to serve Him, that does not necessarily mean you will give up your career to go to the seminary and pursue biblical study. Some of us do, and some of us don’t. When you commit yourself to the Lord through the local church, and at the same time you have a full-time job to maintain as a housewife, nurse, engineer, doctor, or a CEO of a company—honor God with it, because this is the job that He provides you with food on the table, education for the children, payment for house mortgage, car payment, insurance, medical benefits, clothes, vacation, etc. Be the best at it in the same way that you ought to give your best while doing volunteer work at church because "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving” (Colossians 3:23-24).
