Serve Your Boss as to Christ
How do we stay on fire for God while at work? Work for your employer as you would work for Christ himself:
“Bondservants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ; not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, with goodwill doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men, knowing that whatever good anyone does, he will receive the same from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free.” Ephesians 6:5-8
Think of how much harder we would work if our boss was Christ? He would know our thoughts, the heart behind each action… etc. Wow, how great would the company be? Every work would be blessed because there would be so much heart in each project. If things are dead at your work… are you adding to the problem or bringing fire to the workplace? Oh God help us to serve our employers with a heart of gold!!
Looking at the entire chapter of ephesians 6 - the order of the chapter goes:
- honor your parents
- be obedient your masters
- put on the full armor of God.
Without works, faith is dead James 2
God put the works, (honor your parents, be obedient to your masters) before the whole armor of God in Ephesians 6. The armor of God is for protection against the unseen. I think that being obedient to your masters and honoring your father and mother is essential to your protection against the unseen enemy and for you to be blessed abundantly on this earth. Lets have a heart to bless our bosses each day that we wake up and go to work! Typically we go to church one day a week and to work five days a week. How do we press forth in our relationship with God during the week, not just at church? By holding his principles and being a blessing to our workplace.