24/07/2022
MONDAY MORNING WITH JESUS
Topic: BEING EXCELLENT IN THE WORKPLACE
Memory Verse: Colossians 3:23
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men.
Text: Genesis 24:15-19
Teachings
Since covid, unemployment is at one of the highest level in the world, businesses closing down, people lose their jobs, and the economy is not doing that great.
If we are to keep our positions, and see new opportunities open up, now more than ever we need to be people of excellence. In the world of today, mediocrity is the norm. Many people do as little as they can to get by, they are always, always looking for a short cuts, and the easy way out. Playing at the office, they simply go to work to get paid, and they wonder why they are not being promoted, or see increase coming. Its because Jesus does not bless mediocrity, He blesses excellence.
I'm saying, in all we do, let's do it to the best of our ability.
If you are a teacher, don't be an average teacher, be an excellent teacher.
If you are a plumber, don't be an okay plumber, be a great plumber.
If you are a marketer, don't give it a little effort, make few phone calls, then you get discouraged. No! Come up with new techniques, learn from the people that are in front of you, stay determined, and stay focused. Be a great marketer, get new ideas, make more phone calls, and you will see Jesus working with you.
Whether you are a waitress, actress, a police officer, or a CEO, do it to the best of your ability. You and I should set a standard for excellence. Other people may come to work late, they may complain, they may always cut corners. You shouldn't sit down to their level, don't say, everybody is doing it. Everybody might be doing it, Yes, but you are not everybody, you are a child of The Most High God, God has breath His air into you, you are called for excellence. God want you to set the highest standard.
Your company/work place should use you as the example to others. Your boss should be able to say to the new employees, watch that man, learn from that woman, pick up their habit and drive your skill with them, they are the "cream of the crop."
Friends, I want to inspire you this Monday Morning, don't wake up every morning saying "Oh My God its morning," No, don't let that be you, wake up with enthusiasm, saying,,"Thank God its morning," I get to go to work today to honor God.
Do you know when you look good, you make God look good? When you get promoted it honours God. God has given us His gifts and He is expecting us to be at our very best. Whatever we do, we should do it with our own heart, for you are working under God.
You can say, Oh Sebastine, I love to do that but you don't know my boss, he is hard to work with. You don't know my company, they just don't treat me fine. You have to get a new mind set, you are not working for them, you are working for God. If you start being your best each day and do the right thing even when the wrong thing is happening, God will take care of your boss. God is the one that brings promotion, He is the one that raise one up and bring another down. God can turn the heart of your boss. Yes He Can
If you start being your best, you are honouring God at your workplace. Your boss may never read the bible,but he will read you. Just to show up each day, come to work on time, friendly, with a good attitude, being our best each day. That is a stronger witnessing than reading a dozen scriptures.
In conclusion, being excellent at the work place may not and really may not need some big adjustment, it may mean leaving 10 minutes early so you could get to work on time, It may mean not complaining when your boss ask you to do something, it may mean not to go visiting friends when you are to be working. Just a small thing. The scripture says in Song of Solomon 2:15, "...the little foxes, that spoil the vines...", here is what I have learned, "I don't want something small to keep God from releasing something big," "I don't want a little thing to keep me from becoming everything that God has created me to be." You have to pass the small test. When you are excellent in the workplace, your whole life is giving praise to God.
Be your best each day and you will see Jesus working with you to bless you.
Today's prayer:
Father, let your light and glory shine through me where ever I go and even in every part of the world.
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