Surrendering our deeds

And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Colossians 3:17,23

    Imagine if this was always in the back of our heads. "Whatever I'm doing in word or deed, I'm doing it in the name of Jesus unto the Lord." Wouldn't all our activities be different? And just to be clear, whatsoever means whatsoever. Anything you do, any word you say, do it in the name of Jesus. But why do we have to imagine it? It should be a reality. Truly in everything we do, Jesus Christ should be glorified. That is in every activity from putting on your socks in the morning to brushing your teeth before bed. EVERY action can be done to glorify God. I'm not going to explain how here, I'm just stating Scripture. If you think it is a little strange to put your socks on in the name of Jesus, then you really are not grasping this verse. It says "whatsoever you do." I'm repeating myself here, but isn't it exciting?

Surely living this out would lead to a surrendered life, don't you think? But we can see it from a different angle too, if we are doing everything unto the Lord, wouldn't that rule out some activities? When we go to do something and we discover it is impossible to do this in Jesus' name, then we lay that something down. We surrender it to Christ and go and do something that can glorify Him.