God will show us how to serve Him—wherever we are.

无论我们在哪里，上帝都会指示我们如何服事祂。

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters.

 Colossians 3:23

无论做什么，都要从心里做，像是给主做的，不是给人做的。

-歌罗西书3章23节

In 1878, when Scotsman Alexander Mackay arrived in what is now Uganda to serve as a missionary, he first set up a blacksmith forge among a tribe ruled by King Mutesa. Villagers gathered around this stranger who worked with his hands, puzzled because everyone “knew” that work was for women. At that time, men in Uganda never worked with their hands. They raided other villages to capture slaves, selling them to outsiders. Yet here was this foreign man at work forging farming tools.

在1878年，苏格兰宣教士亚历山大·麦凯抵达今日的乌干达。开始时，他在穆特萨国王的部落开了一间铁匠铺，引起当地村民的好奇围观。他们疑惑这个外国人竟然动手做工，因为在当地这是妇女的工作。当时乌干达的男人不需要动手劳作，只需要突袭其他村落，掳掠奴隶，贩卖给其他部落。然而，这个外国男人竟然在此用手打造农具。

Mackay’s work ethic and life resulted in relationships with the villagers and gained him an audience with the king. Mackay challenged King Mutesa to end the slave trade, and he did.

麦凯的工作和生活态度，使他和村民建立了良好的关系，连国王也接见了他。穆特萨王还接受麦凯的建议，结束了部落的奴隶贩卖。

In Scripture, we read of Bezalel and Oholiab, who were chosen and gifted by God to work with their hands designing the tent of meeting and all its furnishings for worship (Ex. 31:1-11). Like Mackay, they honored and served God with their talent and labor.

旧约圣经记载，上帝拣选比撒列和亚何利亚伯，并赋予他们恩赐，让他们用手建造会幕，制作敬拜上帝所需用的一切器具（出埃及记31章1-11节）。他们以才干和劳力尊荣、服事上帝，麦凯也是如此。

We tend to categorize our work as either church work or secular. In truth, there is no distinction. God designs each of us in ways that make our contributions to the kingdom unique and meaningful. Even when we have little choice in where or how we work, God calls us to know Him more fully—and He will show us how to serve Him—right now.

我们常常把我们的工作分为教会的和世俗的，但事实上，并没有这等分别。上帝造我们时，已经让我们每个人都具备能力，可以为上帝的国度做出独特而有意义的贡献。即使我们无法选择工作的地点或方式，上帝要我们更认识祂，祂必会让我们看见该怎么事奉祂。

Father, grant me an awareness of my place in Your work.

 Help me to see You at work in the people and places 

where I spend my time.

天父，让我看见祢在我生命中所定的计划。
帮助我无论遇到任何人，或在任何地方工作，
都能看见祢的大能正在运行。

整理：于姊妹