The Gospel at Work...at work! Part 1 There's Something Different About You?

The Gospel at Work...AT WORK!

Part 1 - There's Something Different About You?

If there is one preaching "strategy" that drives me crazy its the typical approach Pastors take to being a christian at work. The pastoral pitch usually goes something like this.. "Just go to work and people will see the difference, be drawn to you and say something like, there is something different about you?"

Has this ever happened to you?

While very few Christians have received the fabled "There is something different about you" line at their job, my guess would be that most anyone reading this can count on one hand the number of times this has actually occurred without having to use any fingers at all!

I think the problem is that most pastors have little to no experience working a regular job interacting with people that hate or are completely indifferent to God and his church. Most people honestly don't care what motivates you and are simply spiritually dead corpse trying vainly to find infinite delight in food, drink, friendship, wealth, fame and sex. While you may occasionally have a spiritually "seeking" co-worker, most people aren't looking for God but "politely" rebellion against him while going about everyday life. Your co-workers may dress nicely and be very professional while on the clock but its because they're already worshiping and chasing their idols by using this job either as a means to relationships, status, wealth, fame, etc, and they don't care about what makes you different so different because everyone is truly worshiping something, they just want to punch out and check out at five'O clock.

The truth is you're probably not as different as you'd like to think. But if you worship the triune God of scripture, your God is vastly different, infinitely superior and more captivating then your co-workers lifeless idols!

I think that anyone who is honest would agree that most people at work don't care about your motivations because they're just selfish and totally self-consumed. and in most cases they're completely happy(for now)with their false God.

My sin lately has been to scold and mock these people because of their indifference or disobedience towards God but I can no sooner do this then mock a blind man for not seeing! They're spiritually blind and can't see the goodness, beauty and infinite worth of everything God is for us in Jesus! Praise God that while I reflect him poorly in my workplace, Jesus reflects him perfectly in his incarnation documented historically in the eyewitness testimony of Holy Scripture!

So here are some thoughts I've had and lessons I've learned on the Job. That I will develop in the next few days.

Pray, Talk, and Pray Again!
Working for the Lord not for (Insert Here)
Lending, Without Expecting a Good Return?
Earning to Give and Give Some More!
Work as Worship!