Changi Chapel

Each week we spend roughly half of our 112 waking hours working. Yet most people do not have a good "theology of work."

1. First, every vocation is holy to the Lord. God makes no distinction between sacred and secular.

2. Second, every person is ordained for ministry in the workplace. Some are ordained truck drivers. Some are ordained computer programmers. Others are ordained farmers.

3. Third, work is not just a platform to do ministry; it is ministry. For example, if you are a waiter, every customer is an occasion to demonstrate the character of Jesus Christ. If you are a manager, every conflict between two employees presents an opportunity to model the love of Christ. If you are a salesman, every appointment is divine and every sale is sacred.

4. Fourth, All men want to be happy. A man will feel most happy, most alive, and most useful when he is doing the kind of work he was created to do – even while feeling the prick of thorns.

5. Fifth, to succeed at work but fail at home is to fail completely. Men have a tendency to compartmentalize their family life while they are at work, but not their work while they are with their families. Even when at home, their work issues tend to spill over!

Have you been a success at work and a failure at home?

Patrick Morley
Author/Bible Teacher/Founder – Man In The Mirror ministries

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