Scrape…Scrape…Scrape, Feeling Invisible

Scraping…scraping…and more scraping…

When we lived in Hungary, I often studied and wrote on the second floor of a small restaurant with a view overlooking a busy Budapest utca (street). One afternoon, I gazed out the window to see a man scraping dirty light poles along the sidewalk.

 

People clutter these poles by gluing fliers on them advertising special events, rental flats, and other items. I'd never thought that someone would have a job with the city scraping old flyers off the poles. But from the window I could see this man doing it.

Scraping…scraping…and more scraping…he cleaned one pole after another while people walked past him as if he was invisible. 

Have you ever felt unappreciated when doing the same chores or performing the same duties day after day, week after week? 

 

We may not be scraping poles in a downtown city street, but many things in life can seem thankless, repetitive, and monotonous. That's when we need to embrace the message of Colossians 3:23-24:


"Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving." 

And this applies to everything, not simply our work:

So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. 

1 Corinthians 10:31 

 

Whenever we focus on our Lord, we can find meaning and purpose in menial tasks. For example, we can pray while doing them, making the time especially worthwhile! 

 

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 For more insights on this subject, see Cleaning Bathrooms and Servant Evangelists. 

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