If you Love what you do for work, you will never work a day in your life. This is a very True and Great way to approach and to look at our work, but we dont always get to do what we like or work alongside easy-going people. Any job you have, even a job that you love well, will have its low points and tasks that will feel like drudgery to you. So to get the Most out of work and love it, our attitude cant be based upon the work itself or our own feelings.
Our work must reflect our position as Gods children. We would be very wise to adopt a new way of looking at our work. Work for the Lord you love, and you will be fulfilled every day of your life. (Colossians 3:23) Work wholeheartedly and willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people.
Biblical obedience isnt just an external show along with an inward dissatisfaction and bitterness, but a true commitment to the happiness and well-being of our employer. Servants, obey your earthly masters in everything you do. Try to please them all the time, not just when they are observing you. Serve them sincerely because of your reverent fear of the Lord (Colossians 3:22). Times have definitely changed drastically through the years of history, but this profound godly principle still applies to the world of today. We get the greatest results from our work when we view ourselves as servants. Our modern day civilization educates us to pursue power and respect for ourselves, instead of working diligently for those who are in authority over us. But Gods Word teaches us very different principles, and that is one of respect for the authority above us, and one of hard diligent work that is not self-serving.
As Gods children we are called to be His servants, and since we spend a great amount of time at our work, most of our service towards the Lord will be done at our workplace. As employees, we are to always practice the biblical principles of obedience and sacrifice, as it doesnt matter who our human boss is, God is the ultimate authority watching over our behavior. He wants to see that we are practicing integrity, diligence, and righteousness at work.
If you are blessed by God with the opportunity of owning a work at home business, which I highly urge most everyone to have as an important goal, you better take great care of it and work it with great diligence, or your ultimate supremacy (boss) will take it away from you. In regards to operating a Christian Home Business, in which YOU are now given the title of boss, please remember that you will always still have a boss that is in charge of you - and that is our Lord. I highly recommend that everyone do a research on the idea of owning a home based business for themselves, just to see if it could be a great decision for your financial situation.
God has intended us to be people of high standards, and doesnt want us to perform anything in a manner that results in just enough to get by. Hes called us to shine in the middle of any crowd, and to be people of greatness and integrity. Which means if you are working at a job as an employee, or if you have the good fortune of owning a home based business, we must always remember that God did not create us to be of standard quality or to be average at anything we set out to do.
The only way that we can actually be content in our life and work, is to be exactly who we have been planned to be, and that is people of distinction and integrity. If there is any evidence of compromise in the essence of our work, we could easily miss out on what could have been our grandest accomplishments or our largest triumphs in our life.
You must remember to never allow mediocrity or middle of the road to be a part of your life or work, as you could quite possibly be missing out on some wonderfully awesome blessings in your life. God doesnt bless average or middle of the road, but he does bless excellence and integrity! If we work with this measurement of excellence in our daily and constant thoughts, God promises to reward and take care of us! If you desire the highest and best results for your life, then you must start shooting for nothing but high excellence and integrity in your life now. You can easily start by always doing just a little bit more than you are expected or are presumed to do in all aspects of your life. It is this little bit more that will be the factor for your life being a life of just commonplace and boring, or a life of great excellence, adventure and grand achievements. - 15790
Our work must reflect our position as Gods children. We would be very wise to adopt a new way of looking at our work. Work for the Lord you love, and you will be fulfilled every day of your life. (Colossians 3:23) Work wholeheartedly and willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people.
Biblical obedience isnt just an external show along with an inward dissatisfaction and bitterness, but a true commitment to the happiness and well-being of our employer. Servants, obey your earthly masters in everything you do. Try to please them all the time, not just when they are observing you. Serve them sincerely because of your reverent fear of the Lord (Colossians 3:22). Times have definitely changed drastically through the years of history, but this profound godly principle still applies to the world of today. We get the greatest results from our work when we view ourselves as servants. Our modern day civilization educates us to pursue power and respect for ourselves, instead of working diligently for those who are in authority over us. But Gods Word teaches us very different principles, and that is one of respect for the authority above us, and one of hard diligent work that is not self-serving.
As Gods children we are called to be His servants, and since we spend a great amount of time at our work, most of our service towards the Lord will be done at our workplace. As employees, we are to always practice the biblical principles of obedience and sacrifice, as it doesnt matter who our human boss is, God is the ultimate authority watching over our behavior. He wants to see that we are practicing integrity, diligence, and righteousness at work.
If you are blessed by God with the opportunity of owning a work at home business, which I highly urge most everyone to have as an important goal, you better take great care of it and work it with great diligence, or your ultimate supremacy (boss) will take it away from you. In regards to operating a Christian Home Business, in which YOU are now given the title of boss, please remember that you will always still have a boss that is in charge of you - and that is our Lord. I highly recommend that everyone do a research on the idea of owning a home based business for themselves, just to see if it could be a great decision for your financial situation.
God has intended us to be people of high standards, and doesnt want us to perform anything in a manner that results in just enough to get by. Hes called us to shine in the middle of any crowd, and to be people of greatness and integrity. Which means if you are working at a job as an employee, or if you have the good fortune of owning a home based business, we must always remember that God did not create us to be of standard quality or to be average at anything we set out to do.
The only way that we can actually be content in our life and work, is to be exactly who we have been planned to be, and that is people of distinction and integrity. If there is any evidence of compromise in the essence of our work, we could easily miss out on what could have been our grandest accomplishments or our largest triumphs in our life.
You must remember to never allow mediocrity or middle of the road to be a part of your life or work, as you could quite possibly be missing out on some wonderfully awesome blessings in your life. God doesnt bless average or middle of the road, but he does bless excellence and integrity! If we work with this measurement of excellence in our daily and constant thoughts, God promises to reward and take care of us! If you desire the highest and best results for your life, then you must start shooting for nothing but high excellence and integrity in your life now. You can easily start by always doing just a little bit more than you are expected or are presumed to do in all aspects of your life. It is this little bit more that will be the factor for your life being a life of just commonplace and boring, or a life of great excellence, adventure and grand achievements. - 15790
About the Author:
Gary Hamblin has an extensive 20 years of professional business experience in the financial services industry of Wall Street, as a Fund Manager and Investment Mentor. He has taken his honorable experience to the online business world, with a focus on the Christian Home Business. See his current projects at Christian Home Business and the Free Webinars at Christian Business.