Most people work harder when the boss is watching.

It’s human nature. When the supervisor walks by, phones disappear and conversations end. We perform for the audience in the room. But the moment they’re gone, we drift back to whatever we were doing before.

Paul had a word for that. He called it “eye-service” — working only when someone is watching. And in Colossians 3:22 he calls believers to something radically different: “Bondservants, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.”

When Christ changes a person, He doesn’t just change what they do on Sunday morning. He follows them into Monday — into the warehouse, the office, the job site, the classroom. Christ redeems the way a person works.

Before Christ, work is about me — my comfort, my effort, my paycheck. I do what I must do to get what I want. But when the Holy Spirit takes up residence in a life, the motivation shifts from the inside out. The question stops being “what can I get away with?” and becomes “how can I honor God right here?”

“Sincerity of heart” means working without a hidden agenda, without pretense. A Christ-follower doesn’t need the boss watching because they’re always working under God’s gaze.

This changes everything. They arrive on time because integrity matters to God. They give their full effort because halfhearted work doesn’t reflect a wholehearted commitment to the Savior. They treat coworkers with dignity because every person bears the image of God.

The redeemed employee becomes the most trustworthy person in the building, not because they’re trying to get ahead, but because Christ is their true employer. Work becomes worship. The ordinary becomes sacred. And a watching world takes notice, which magnifies Christ.

Change begins in you!