Antidote to Boredom

“Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.” Colossians 3:17

“I’m so bored.”
“Don’t you have anything to do?”
“Sure, lots. But I just don’t feel like doing it.”
Maybe this does not sound like you. Maybe you are never bored. But many people find boredom an unwelcome companion who seems to follow them around. The Bible has an antidote to boredom. But first, ask yourself this question: Are you where God wants you?

Now the antidote: “Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.” Colossians 3:17

It must be quite impossible to be where God wants you, doing your best as unto the Lord, giving thanks from a heart full of gratitude, and still be bored. Are you beginning to realize that reaching God’s potential for you is more a matter of who you are becoming than what you are doing?

Sandwiched in the middle of Paul’s potential passage you find -
“...and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him...” Colossians 3:10

As a believer, God has given you the capacity to grow, to take on the very likeness of our precious Savior. What potential. What responsibility.