No matter what kind of job you have. Workplace struggles are inevitable. Maybe it feels like you and your colleague will never see eye to eye, or you’ve become frustrated by a boss who seems to think you should work for him 24/7. How many Christians work in your office? Maybe they’ve chosen to hide their true identity.
Maybe your office is full of undercover
Christians. Are you one of them? As Christians, we have a responsibility to
respond to these challenges in ways that make us live out the values
personified by Jesus. One of the greatest hindrances to the Bible’s effectiveness is Christians who act one way at
church and another way elsewhere.
The way we live for God should permeate all
areas of life. The workplace is no exception. The way we act reflects our
faith. So if we claim to be Christians, our coworkers, bosses, and employees
will equate our attitudes and actions with Jesus. Do those around you at the
office see a positive reflection of God in your work ethic?
Even when jobs or coworkers are hard to like,
we are to work as though God is our boss. That means doing tasks with joy, a
servant attitude, respect for others, diligence, and obedience to those in
authority. Imagine what the workplace could be if all believers approached
their jobs this way.
It’s important to
remember that Christian employees should have both a different level of loyalty
to their true Supervisor as well as the intensity in how they perform the parts
of their job. Christian employers should have a different level of justice with
the employees beneath them. They need to have a love for those subordinates
that help them get their job done.
“The speed of the boss is the speed of
the team” (Lee Iacocca)
“In all the work you are doing, work the
best you can. Work as if you were working for the Lord not for men.” (Colossians
3:23.
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“Your job is not to judge. Your job is not to
figure out if someone deserves something. Your job is to lift the fallen, to
restore the broken, and to heal the hurting.” (Joel Osteen)[i]
[i] Inspired
by the sermon “Rooted and Built Up: A Built Up Workplace” (installment seven)
Sunday July 22, 2018 Pastor Dave Jansen CenterPoint Gahanna Church Gahanna, OH.
Sources used:
·
“How Christians Should
Deal With Difficulties in the Workplace” by Sarah Landrum
·
“How
Should Christians Act in the Workplace?” by Charles Stanley
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