How do we integrate Christianity into our jobs?


                I have been blessed with a job where I am encouraged to practice my faith (so long as it isn’t heretical). During all this week I have been in meetings as to how we integrate our faith into our work. What I want to do is write a quick little thought piece about what I learned and how this could be applied in a general sense.
                Firstly, we must recognize the authority of God through all of creation, even our jobs. I think there is a pressure in this “post-Christian” era to compartmentalize our faiths into a private room where it is only us and God. However, this goes against our Great Commission handed to us by Jesus, to go into all the world and make disciples. Assuming a full time job, we spend a little less than a third of our adult lives at work, which makes it prime time disciple making season! We should at least recognize that we have the opportunity to disciple our coworkers if they aren’t Christians, and be able to be encouragers to our Christian coworkers in their own walks.
                Secondly, we must take advantage of this awesome opportunity and act in accordance with our behavioral commands that have been handed down to us. As Paul says in Romans, we aren’t to go on sinning as a means of demonstrating grace (Romans 6:1). We are covered in God’s grace so that we may be free from the chains of sin (Galatians 5:1). We are called to be salt and light, and to follow our lives, completing our tasks as if we are doing them all for the Lord, not our boss or supervisor (Matthew 5:13-16, Colossians 3:23).
                Unfortunately, I cannot provide the means for everyone to specifically bring Christianity into their workplace, but we must be willing to allow that spirit of power and boldness to come through us as we work (2 Timothy 1:7). If anyone needs some encouragement for doing this at their work, I would be more than happy to pray for you and offer what advice I can. May God bless you and have a good rest of your day.

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