Ephesians 6:7

“with good will doing service, as unto the Lord, and not unto men”

“With good will”: “Do good work with good will” (Nor). “Do your duties heartily and willingly” (Gspd). “Lit., ‘serving with. good mind', the ready good will, which does not wait to be compelled” (Boles p. 330). It is easy to get into the habit of grumbling about ones job, but that is the way of the world, not the Christian. Instead of offering reluctant and grudging work, the Christian is to offer his services with good will. Being. Christian is all about "doing service", that is, serving (Matthew 20:28; 1 Peter 2:3; Ephesians 5:21).

“As unto the Lord, and not unto men”: “Not just for men” (Nor). “It has rightly been said that when one freely and willingly does service, with good will, he is no longer. slave. When. understand that how. go about my job makes. difference to God, whether. please men or not becomes only. secondary consideration. My question should not be whether the master is doing me right, but am. doing right by him?” (Caldwell p. 302). “The slave's perspective has changed. His horizons have broadened. He has been liberated from the slavery of ‘men-pleasing' into the freedom of serving Christ. His mundane tasks have been absorbed into. higher preoccupation, namely the will of God and the good pleasure of Christ” (Stott p. 252).