Christian Living

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God has a plan for each one of us who have accepted Him. God chose us to be His people even before He formed the world. His plans are always for our well being. The Bible says in Jeremiah 29: 10-12 “For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” We need to understand that God chose our jobs too even before we were born. He fore knew what we will do in this earth from our birth to death. How comforting it is to be enlightened that God knows even very minute details of us!

The job that has been given to us is truly a gift of God. Ecclesiastes 5:19 says “Moreover, when God gives any man wealth and possessions, and enables him to enjoy them, to accept his lot and be happy in his work—this is a gift of God”. We could not have landed in our current positions by our own efforts. It is God’s grace that we are blessed with jobs when so many around us are broken because they don’t have work to support a decent living. We also need to understand that we have been put in our current positions with a clear purpose by God. It is not by accident that we are in our current jobs.

We are sometimes frustrated even though we are blessed with a well paid job. We find our work boring and we feel that we waste so much time in office during the week days. The work seems monotonous and boring. There are lots of self-help books and personality development seminars that tell us to choose jobs of our heart’s desire. We are really confused by the inspirational talks that we get from the world. These only add to our worries. There are some of us who think that all the jobs other than ours would be interesting. Some of us might feel that doing business would give us more ownership and flexibility to spend time according to our likings rather than to be bound under someone else.

There are other attributes that lead to frustration in job. We always want to improve our technical/managerial skills, some of us want to work abroad and earn a lot and when these do not happen, we are frustrated. Sometimes we start worrying too much about the future prospects of our jobs. We dream of promotions, hikes in salary and when we don’t get these we begin to hate our current organizations and want to jump out. We are also frustrated when we don’t have a good relationship with our superiors and co-workers.

Why this pain? Why can’t we be peaceful in our jobs? Is there a way by which we can enjoy the time that we spend in our office? Well, the answer is “Yes” if we have found Jesus Christ and “No” if we are far away from Him. When we find Jesus Christ, we have a clear purpose in our lives. We need to understand something very clear here. We would always be annoyed and frustrated with our jobs if we think to accomplish our selfish desires and purposes. The job will become a burden for us. We will always be bound by anxieties and fears.

We need to understand that it is God who has gifted us our current jobs. He has kept us here with a purpose. Joseph was placed by God in Egypt, because it was through him that God helped Israelites during the famine. There was a revival there. Similarly, we are placed in our organizations by God to do His work and bring a revival there. Remember it is “His” work all the time. He wants to use us instruments to speak to others and bring them into His kingdom.

All countries have an ambassador placed in other countries. His job is to build a relationship between two countries. We are all ambassadors for Christ in our organizations and our goal should always be to be to add people to the Kingdom of God. This should be our primary purpose in our work place. We need to be very sincere and honest in our work. Others should never be able to find fault in us. We should always walk in the light. Colossians 3:23 says “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men”

Every day we should be joyful in our work. We should bring peace and blessing into other people’s life. The best testimony is to live a life for Jesus in our work places. People should see the likeness of “Jesus” in each of our actions. The next time a negative thought comes in us about our jobs, let us not worry about it because it is God who has put us there, and He will take us out of it, when His purpose is accomplished through us.

By Brucelin Kithion
http://www.seeklifepurpose.blogspot.com

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