We continue our journey into every word spoken by Jesus in the Gospels to help us all KNOW JESUS MORE NOW.
We’re in the midst of a series entitled JESUS ON EVERYTHING, where we’re looking at what Jesus said on a wide variety of subjects with a minimum of commentary from me.
Today’s topic? WORK.
Jesus was asked this rather direct question: “What must we do to do the works God requires?” Here’s was Jesus’ equally direct reply:
It’s WISDOM WEEK here on GUWG, where all week we’re probing the practical principles of Proverbs.
Today’s topic: Work.
God has a lot to say about the way we should work. Here are a few excerpts from His official employee handbook …
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. (Philippians 2:3)
I should get this verse tattooed on my forehead so that every time I look in the mirror I’m reminded not to be a selfish moron.
If I’m absolutely honest, selfish ambition is what drives at least 98.3% of my activity at work. Waaaaaaaaay too often, I focus exclusively on what’s best for me. Not the company. Not my boss. Not my co-workers. Not our customers. Me. Me. Me.
Thank God for Jesus. He showed us a far better way …
We conclude GOD @ WORK WEEK with a little prayer that encapsulates everything we covered. (Note: If you aren’t viewing this on the web you may miss the highly creative and deeply symbolic shape formed by the words.)
It’s GOD @ WORK WEEK here on GUWG, where we’re examining what the Bible says about the wonderful world of work.
We’ll wrap things up with an updated 2017 edition of our employee handbook. Print it out. Post it in your cube. Pray through it daily.
It’s GOD @ WORK WEEK here on GUWG, where we’re taking an in-depth look at what the Bible says about the wonderful world of work.
Today’s topic: THE 10 COMMANDMENTS @ WORK.
Most companies have values statements. They get put on a nice plaque, hung in a conference room and then promptly forgotten. My guess is that if you asked employees to recite ’em, only a tiny fraction could. And only a tiny fraction of that would actually try to live ’em out.
It’s GOD @ WORK WEEK here on GUWG, where we’re taking an in-depth look at what the Bible says about the wonderful world of work.
We’ll start today with a question …
According to studies conducted by big-brained researchers in the business world, what’s the absolute #1 most important trait a leader must have to be successful?
Here are your choices:
The latest The Get Up With God Daily! paper.li/getupwithgod/tweeters…
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The latest The Get Up With God Daily! paper.li/getupwithgod/tweeters…
