Labor day was yesterday (I am posting this on the 6th).  When we have a job, we have some responsibilities and duties that our boss requires of us (even if we ourselves are the boss).  Some of those duties are to show up to work on time and ready to do what we are asked to do.  To give of ourselves for the work we are called to do.  To accept the assignments given to us.  And to promote the business we work for in a positive light.  No boss wants a worker to does not do what is asked of them or who complains all the time or who slacks off or is a bad representative.  All those things are true about Christians.  God wants us to show up (live our lives following him), ready to do what he asks, give ourselves to the work of living for him, and accept the opportunities he gives to us as we promote Christ in a positive light.  He does not want those who does not do what he has asked them to do or for us to complain and not giving him the honor and glory he deserves.  So on this labor day, “Let us labor for the master from the dawn to setting sun. Let us talk of all his wondrous love and care; Then when all of life is over and our work on earth is done and the roll is called up yonder, I’ll be there”.  Or as we read this week from Revelation, let us be his servants with his mark on us (7:3) and “serve him day and night in his temple” (7:15)