OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-WEDNESDAY-19/8/2015-STEALING FROM YOUR EMPLOYER-BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
Memorise
Not
with eye-service, as men-pleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the
will of God from the heart; Ephesians 6:6
Read
Ephesians
6:5-8
5
Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh,
with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;
6
Not with eye service, as men pleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the
will of God from the heart;
7
With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:
8
Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of
the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
KJV
MESSAGE
One
aspect of Christian character that is often neglected is our place of paid
employment. Some people out-rightly steal things kept in their care by their
employer; such should not even be mentioned among Christians. However, there
are other subtle ways people steal from their employers. When you accept to
work for an organization, there is an understanding or even a written agreement
regarding your working hours. If you are to resume at 7:30 AM but you get late
to work, you are stealing time from your employer. If you are to close at 5:00
PM but you leave at 4:00 PM, you are a thief. There are even situations where
an employee will resume and close at the normal time, but while in the office,
instead of concentrating on the assignment at hand, he or she will spend a good
portion of time browsing the internet for personal leisure, watching television
or videos, or just gallivanting and gossiping from desk to desk. If you are
engaged in any of these, you are equally stealing time from your employer. In
addition, taking or using for personal purposes any material or property that
belongs to your organization with permission amounts to stealing.
“Not with
eye-service, as men-pleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of
God from the heart;”
Ephesians 6:6
Another way employees steal from their
employers is by pretending to work when the boss is around but dumping the work
or doing a shoddy job when the boss is not there. Today’s reading says that
there should be a difference between a Christian employee and his or her
non-Christian counterpart. While unbelievers may work just to be seen,
believers should work as if they are doing that official assignment as a
service to Jesus Christ. To this end, realizing that the Lord is ever present,
A Christian employee will work conscientiously because he or she knows that by
doing his or her secular work to please God and to glorify His name, not only
will the organization pay for this service, God will equally give the fellow a
good reward for a job well done. It means that you can actually earn double for
doing a particular job once. If the effort you put into your job does not
glorify God, you will be paid only by your employer, but if it does, you will
be paid by your employer and by God. How do you handle your official
assignments today?
Key point
How can you win your employer to Christ if you cheat or steal from
them?
Bible in one year
Genesis 27-28, John 16:16-33
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