Be All I Can Be

DEVOTION
EPHESIANS
BE ALL I CAN BE
Eph 6:5-8
5 Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ. 6 Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but like slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart. 7 Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men, 8 because you know that the Lord will reward everyone for whatever good he does, whether he is slave or free.
NIV
Alright, this is just not for today at all, at least certainly not for me anyway. I am not anyone’s slave. So how is this relevant in my life? How are these living words which are God breathed and good for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness? I know we have transported the slave of old times to the employee of today’s time. So it seems most people see this as being a good employee, which is fine, but I am not an employee so I do I integrate this into my life? I suppose I could employ these words to whatever I do in the pursuit of my calling from God, except this deals with earthy masters. I guess I could see this as how I should behave in my daily occupation. Giving my best at what I do. It is true I have worked as an employee in years past, but it has been so long ago. I have been the employer even more recent than being the employee. I can teach this to those who are employees, I can preach this message to others, but I just am having difficulty applying this to myself right now at this moment in my life. I have no earthy masters. Yes maybe in some sense the manufacturing company I represent could be seen in as a master, yet not actually, because I am not their employee. However, I could use this in the sense I should be doing the best I can to represent them to their customer base, and for both the benefit of their customers and the company itself. At times I am not directly compensated for my efforts, but I will be by my Lord. This is all I can do. This is the all I can be.