Welcome to the podcast. This is Nancy Wilson. Thanks for joining me today. I'm continuing

today with the subject of duties, and this week I'm going to talk about the nitty-gritty of doing our duty.

First of all, though our duties are always changing, remember that they are also getting more

difficult. New, tougher duties are a promotion, not a demotion. And over all our specific duties

associated with our calling are our Christian duties. When we're daughters, we have daughter

duties, which change as we grow up.

These duties are affected when we leave home to get married, when our parents are elderly, or sick or widowed.

If you're a student, you have student duties. You should work hard.

Do your assignments on time and not half-heartedly, but under the Lord.

You should treat your instructors with respect and kindness.

These are basic duties. When you marry, you have wife duties. When you become a mother,

your duties change drastically, and they continue to change as your children move through baby,

toddler, teenager, and adult stages. When you're an empty nester or a widow, your job description

changes again and you have new duties. And when you're dying, you have duties to die well.

So the Christian life is one of ongoing duties crafted by our loving creator for each stage.

Remember last week I said that we tend to expect great

recognition and gratitude and praise for doing our duty. When you've made a nice meal or done

everyone's laundry, you want some attention, some thanks, some praise. But Jesus had a totally

different perspective regarding duty. So let's listen to what he says in

Luke 17, verses 7 through 11. And which of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep,

will say to him when he has come in from the field, come at once and sit down to eat. But will

you not rather say to him,

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