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ARE YOU IN THE RIGHT JOB

by Charles (Chuck) Robey
02/24/15
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IS IT TIME TO PUNCH-OUT ?

(Please Read Psalms 16 In Preparation For This Commentary )

Are you sick-and-tired of your job ? Do you feel that your job is useless ? Do you feel that you haven't accomplished what you intended on your job, and the like ? Remember, God has a sovereign "will" for us all, which includes our means of employment. And it is only because of His perfect "will", that you are where you are now.

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  According to a Gallup poll, there are twice as many “actively disengaged” workers in the world as there are “engaged” workers who love their jobs.
  
  


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  Overall, Gallup found that only 13% of workers feel engaged by their jobs. That means they feel a sense of passion for their work, a deep connection to their employer and they spend their days driving innovation and moving their company forward.
  
  


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  The vast majority, some 63%, are “not engaged,” meaning they are unhappy but not drastically so. In short, they’re checked out. They sleepwalk through their days, putting little energy into their work.
  
  


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   A full 24% are what Gallup calls “actively disengaged,” meaning they pretty much hate their jobs. They act out and undermine what their coworkers accomplish.
  
  


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  Add the last two categories and you get 87% of workers worldwide who, as Gallup puts it, “are emotionally disconnected from their workplaces and less likely to be productive.”
  
  

Nonetheless, if you are counted among the majority of the afore mention statistics, have you given God a chance to work out His will, in your work place (Romans 9:20) ?  You may ask, at this point in your life, how you may know God's perfect sovereign  "Will' for your career in life (Luke 6:46-49) ?

First, and foremost,  you must rely on God's Holy scriptures, for your divine guidance. Don't just reach a conclusion, on your own by searching the scriptures, until you find a passage that meets you particular desire (Acts 17:10-11).  You must commit your scripture search to prayer, by asking God to reveal what the Bible is actually telling you, for your particular situation (2 Timothy 3:16).

The ugly truth is due to our human sinful nature, we deserve nothing from a holy God. We cannot manipulate God in our prayer life. We cannot expect a rich, pain-free life, as solicited by today's modern "name-it" and "claim it" gospel. You see, beloved, we can never expect to reach "glory land" simply because we are a "good person." (Ephesians 2:8-9 ). Our Savior, Christ Jesus, who is God in the flesh  (John 1:1),  has provided to us the only way to heaven (John 14:6). That being His sacrificial death on the cross to redeem  us from our sins (John 3:16-17).

Keep in mind. God may have just  placed you there in that particular job for a specific purpose. A purpose to be a light in a darken world. A Purpose to up lift some poor sinking soul. A purpose to share the gospel, with an otherwise godless work environment. Here's your chance to be a missionary.

                              REMEMBER-FROM A HUMAN VIEWPOINT

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  Your job alone will never gratify your spiritual needs. (Ecclesiastes 6:7)
  
  


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  Your job alone will never take the place of your heart. (Ecclesiastes 6:8)
  
  


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  Your pipe-dreams alone will never replace reality. (Ecclesiastes 6:9)
  
  

 My preacher once said, " I'm sure ready for the "sweet by and by", and not this  old "nasty now and now". (Ephesians 6:5-9) (Colossians 3:22-25)

Again, it's all a matter of God's plan for yours and my lives. We can't see ahead, so we can't see what's in store for us down the road. But God is defiantly looking out for us (Jeremiah 29:11).

So," hang in there" beloved, as the old cliché goes (Philippians 3:20).  Give that job a chance, by prayer (1 John 5:14-15), by Bible reading ( Psalm 119:105), and by witnessing for the Lord ( Isaiah 55:11).

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