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the Holy Ghost, according to Romans 8:14-18, “For an, I have experienced many ups and downs in my
as many are led by the Spirit of God, they are the career. God has elevated and humbled me. Again.
sons of God.” He goes on to explain that the same it all depended on how I represented him and how I
Spirit of God sealed us, joined us with Christ by represented the company. I learned over the years
adoption. We share His name, blood, and inher- that I truly have One Master, The LORD God Al-
itance. Therefore, we represent God’s family. mighty. He is the One that give us the strength to
make wealth and promotion comes from Him.
How we engage the (Psalm 75:6-7).
day paints a picture
of your functionality In fact, God created the first family owned busi-
or dysfunctionality in ness! God created the heavens and Earth, Psalm
God’s family. Which 24:1, the earth is the Lord’s and the fullness there-
will shape the percep- of… Mankind was created to dress and cultivate
tion of God’s family the ground. (Genesis 2:15) Adam had a very high
in the eyes of your co position until he got de-
-workers, supervisors, managers, and customers. All moted. He was out of
of whom you engage. Food for thought. compliance and thus dis-
obeyed the rules. He got
Yet know that we all are growing and have not kicked out of the lus-
achieved perfection in the flesh, it only though the cious office space he had
Holy Spirit in us where we are perfect. We press and was placed in the
each day to line up with the word of God mailroom to sort a lot of stuff out. He got bad ad-
(Philippians 3:14-17) and apply what we learn and vice and was removed from the position he once
use it as we encourage others. When we miss it, we possessed.
thank God for instruction, forgiveness, grace and
mercy and another chance to get it right. How we work when
the boss is not around
So despite how your day started speaks volumes of our
out, keep in mind that the peo- character. I still have
ple you engage throughout the to watch myself to en-
day are opportunities to share sure I am not out of
the goodness, power, mercy and compliance and am not mispresenting God in the
forgiveness of Christ. Even in process. We have to be careful of how we speak
your weakness, He is strong according to 2 Corinthi- about our superiors and even other coworkers. Are
ans 12:9. Let Him shine! we building up or tearing down? Are we standing
up for integrity or are we dispersing office gossip?
Wisdom Key #2: Recognize Who Really Are we displaying the fruits of the Spirit or are we
Signs Your Paycheck just rotten fruit? Are we doing the work to help
succeed or just giving lip service with empty
hands?
Servants (Employees), obey your masters
(employers) in everything. Obey all the time, even Keep in mind that God sees all, beholding the good
when they can’t see you. Don’t just pretend to work and the evil. Keep in mind that Satan as a roaring
hard so that they will treat you well. No, you must lion seeks to devour your witness. DO NOT GIVE
serve your masters honestly because you respect the HIM THAT OPPORTUNITY.
Lord. In all the work you are given, do the best you
can. Work as though you are working for the Lord, Do you work as unto the LORD because that is
not any earthly master. (ERV) - Colossians 3:22-23
who you represent, He is the real Boss.
I love this Easy-To-Read version. It’s so, well, easy
to read and straight to the point. As a business wom-
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