The Awareness of Gods Presence Energizes Us For Our Work (Deut. 20:1) Life Principle 4 Dr. Charles Stanley, Life Principles Daily Bible NKJV How can you get the most out of your work? Let me offer three suggestions. 1> View yourself as a servant. Jesus came to earth not to be served, but to serve - and He instructed us to adopt the same attitude (see Matt. 20:25-28). Paul wrote, Bondservants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh, not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but in sincerity of heart, fearing God (Col. 3:22). If Paul told slaves to do their work heartily (and they received no paycheck), then what about the rest of us who do get paid? well, they dont pay me nearly enough, you say. Okay, you may not get paid adequately - but taking longer lunch hours, clocking out early, or coming in late is not the way to even things out. If you are paid for eight hours, you need to give eight full hours. Why? Because you are a servant, and good servants do good work. Besides the best pathway to promotion is servanthood. Whoever wants to be a leader must adopt the attitude of a servant. A prideful employee is seldom seen as a productive possibility. It is the humble worker who diligently labors with a godly attitude that management sees as leadership material. Never doubt the impact of your attitude on everyone around you - the boss included! But whos your real employer? That leads us to our second suggestion. 2> Realize that you work for the Lord Himself. Your employer exercises supervisory authority over you, but Jesus Christ is your Lord. You work for Him: And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men (Col. 3:23). If you are a Christian, Jesus Christ is the supervisor at your place of work - and He not only watches you from afar, Hes right there with you. You and I need to give a full days labor regardless of whether we think management is fair, because Jesus is ultimately the employer, and Hes always on site. You and I should do our very best because the Holy Spirit is present, equipping and energizing us. We make a terrible mistake by segmenting life! We may think that Monday through Friday we go to work, Saturday we play, and Sunday we worship. God has not designed life that way. If Jesus Christ is our Savior, we cant exclude Him from any part of life. It isnt right to teach a Sunday school class with everything we have, but meander into work the rest of the week. We wont be tempted to do our work merely to be seen by men if we remind ourselves that Jesus is our real Boss. Do I mean that your mundane Monday job is also the Lords work? Yes! Ministry is not just what you do at church. You worship God every day of the week, Sunday through Sunday. On Sunday, you worship Him in church; on Monday through Friday, you worship Him by doing a good job at work. Your exalted status as a child of God dignifies your work. Thats why your office or place of employment should never be the same because you work there. You serve the Lord Jesus Christ (see Col. 3:24). Do you have a good testimony in the marketplace for Him? Are you one of your companys most faithful employees because you serve Him? Does your attitude reflect the joy you have in seeing His name on the door as the real CEO? 3> Realize your pay comes both now and hereafter. Paul wrote, Knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance (Col. 3:24). Of course, you must get paid now to take care of your household expenses. But if you have done your very best and given all you have, you will never really get paid all that you are worth. The wonderful thing to remember is this: you may get insufficient wages down here, but you will get rewarded beyond all reason up there! God will much more than equalize everything in the Judgment. The Boss who has watched you all these years will reward you justly. Do you see yourself as a servant? Do you consider Him your real Boss and work as unto the Lord, no matter how menial or boring your job might seem? Have you realized that you have a tremendous reward coming later for faithful labor performed now? If so, you are getting the most out of your work.
Posted on: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 15:40:38 +0000
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