Thanks for joining us for today's encouragement from the Our Daily Bread Devotional.

Our reading titled Master in Heaven was written by Jasmine Go.

Singapore's Ministry of Manpower announced in 2022 that all migrant domestic workers must be given at least one rest day a month that employers couldn't compensate them for instead of giving them the day off.

Employers, however, were concerned they wouldn't have someone to care for their loved ones on those days.

While the logistics of

caregiving could be solved by making alternative arrangements, their attitude and not seeing

the need for rest wasn't as easy to solve. Treating others considerably isn't a new issue.

The Apostle Paul lived in a time where servants were seen as the property

of their masters. Yet, in the last line of his instructions to the church on how Christ-like

household should operate, he says that masters are to treat their servants justly. Another

translation says, Be fair with them. Just as Paul tells the servants to work for the Lord, not for human

masters in Colossians 3, he reminds the masters also of Jesus' authority over them. You

also have a master in heaven.

His purpose was to encourage the Colossian believers to live as those whose ultimate authority is Christ.

In our interaction with others,

whether as an employer, employee,

in our homes or communities,

we can ask God to help us do what's right and fair.

Today's Our Daily Bread Devotional Scripture reading is from Colossians chapter 3 verse 22 through chapter 4 verse 1.

Slaves obey your earthly masters in everything and do it not only when their eye is on you

and to curry their favor but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord.

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart as working for

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