WHATEVER you do-even the very smallest act of service―do it well; do it as under the eye of the Lord, and in view of the judgment-seat of Christ, where true service will be rewarded. If you have served your earthly master or mistress worthy of God and faithfully, then you will hear "well done" from the Master's own lips. Never mind if your lot in life be very mean in the eyes of men―fill it for God, and do your work well.
Two young men were candidates for the same situation. The one who was rejected, sought to throw contempt upon his rival by saying-with a sneer loud enough to be heard all over the room, "He was once my father's shoeblack." The other heard the remark, and smilingly said, "Yes, and didn't I black them well." There could be nothing said by his opponent to the contrary, and so it went to the young man's credit, and the other slunk away.
A young girl was brought to the Lord one evening in a Gospel Tent in Glasgow. She served as under-housemaid in a worldly family, and when it became known that she had professed conversion, they tried to tease her. But her mistress gave the following testimony to a lady who called to inquire after Mary's character and abilities as a servant, previous to engaging her. "Mary was rather careless for a time, but ever since she professed to be a child of God, her work has been very differently done. The rooms have been well done, and Mary has been a truly good, and trustworthy girl." You see she began to do her work as under her new Master's eye, and with the desire to please Him.