Being A Christian Employee

EMPLOYEES, WORK AT IT WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AS WORKING FOR THE LORD. COLOSSIANS 3.23.

Before a Christian worker picks up an issue with his Christian employer on what the Word of God expects of him, he should stop a while and continue to read the instructions God gives to him or her! The Scripture is never lop-sided. Its teachings are comprehensive and complete. No one should get one part of any teaching and forget its main substance! If you want to learn about any doctrine or subject from the Scriptures, you must scan through every passage that relates to it to get a full understanding of God’s mind and wisdom. You may want to look into the different versions and even search the dictionaries to be accurate in your understanding.

Now to all of us who are employees or staff or workers in any capacity and are subject to the employers or authorities, there are specific counsel and corrections in God’s Word to us. You should check your conduct and work ethics in the light of the Word of God. It has been my own experience that Christian staff or workers are more demanding and often unreasonable and lack punctuality and are even unreliable. They try to take advantage of the Christian boss and demand that they should be granted leave every time they have a personal need or there are church meetings and events. If the worker is from the boss’s church, it is even worse for he will be accused of not helping them in their spiritual life! The rest of the non-Christian staff work regularly and make no unnecessary demands. It is only natural that they begin to complain if special privileges and concessions are given to their Christian counterparts! The worst scenario is that they quarrel with you for any petty reason and leave you without even a notice and go and malign your name! I am thoroughly disappointed by the Christian workers that not only am I scared to employ them but I caution my friends against employing them just to help them out! What a tragedy!

Dear friend if you are working in a secular employment and your boss happens to be a believer, obey him in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to win their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord. If your work does not allow you to go for all the church meetings, camps and retreats, either you have to forgo them or find another suitable job. You should not take advantage of your believing boss or seek favouritism. You must work harder, more efficiently and set an example to the non-Christians. They should see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

Pray and practise with me: Dear Lord, help me by my conduct, action and words to provide opportunities to others to know what I believe and Whom I believe and seek to please. Amen