Working Witness
Exhort bondservants to be obedient to their own masters, to be well pleasing in all things, not answering back, not pilfering, but showing all good fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things. (Titus 2:9-10 NKJV)
Now and then, people will tell me how they're always sharing the Lord at their workplace. If there's a non-Christian co-worker in their vicinity, they explain the four spiritual laws. If anyone in the office is experiencing a difficulty, they're constantly praying for them. They seem so preoccupied with witnessing that I wonder if they're doing their jobs.
Nothing has my heart more than sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ. But there's something we need to understand when it comes to the workplace. We're there to work, and if we witness at the expense of our work, our witness will be worthless. It doesn't have to be that way. The book of Titus tells us it is possible to have a working witness at work. Guess what makes it work? Work!
Christians should be obedient when their bosses ask them to do something, and they ought to do it (no matter what it might be) with a pleasant spirit and a smiling face. What's more, they should not argue with or 'answer back' to their employers when given an assignment. Furthermore, their conduct needs to reinforce a reputation of honesty and fidelity.
When you show up at your workplace with a pleasant attitude, when you don't argue when you're told to do something, when you earn an honest reputation, and when you're found faithful in your tasks, then you'll have a working witness that causes your co-workers and employers to respect and receive what you have to say.
DIG - What is the working witness?
DISCOVER - What sort of witness are you at your workplace?
DISPLAY - Ask God to help you improve your work ethic, then pray that He would use you to lead someone at work to Him.
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At the age of 24, Bob Coy left a coveted position in the music industry to serve as an associate pastor with Calvary Chapel of Las Vegas. In 1985, Bob and his wife, Diane, moved to Fort Lauderdale and began Calvary Chapel of Fort Lauderdale. As senior pastor, he has become well known for his unique style in expounding the Scriptures, making them come alive and relate to those of us living in the 21st century. His teaching style emphasizes the believer's "life application" of the highest standards of God's truth while his delivery captures the loving heart of God's Spirit.
Pastor Bob has had the rare privilege of watching God's miraculous hand move in the individual lives of those in the fellowship as well as the corporate body as a whole. From the first meeting in a living room with four in attendance, Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale has now become home to over 17,000 men and women from the tri-county area, and ranks as the eighth largest church in the country. Though many have tried to attribute its rapid growth to numerous reasons, no one is more surprised by the phenomenon than Pastor Bob, who gives total credit and all the glory to God alone.
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