Wordfortheweek Week 46 #LiveOut

“You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” Psalms‬ ‭16:11‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Every believer has a workplace - we were not born-again to be idle. Your workplace could be the church and/or the world. In the world, we are called market or workplace ministers. We are Christ ambassadors in the work or marketplace.

How do we live out our faith in the workplace? We cannot compartmentalise our life into Sundays and other days. We are in full time ministry, as a born-again child of God. We are His ambassadors on earth, representing His Kingdom.

Wherever we are, our consciousness must be about this identity and our responsibility to live this out, irrespective of where or who or what.

The two glorious examples in the bible of excellent workplace ministers were Joseph and Daniel. Both were taken as slaves from their home, and both became ministers of the Lord in their workplace. Joseph, first in Potiphar’s home and then he became prime minister as we could call it. He was second only to Pharaoh. Daniel rose to become chief administrator over the advisors - the wise men. He sat in the ‘gate’ of the king – where decisions were made.

These two men never compromised on their faith and they were highly exalted by Elohim in the presence of men. Their lives are examples to us in the workplace, we have no reason to fear reproach for our faith.

What can we learn from the lives of these two wonderful servants of Elohim-God?

⁃ Embrace your identity. Do not deny Jesus and your faith.

⁃ Have God-centered values, don’t compromise your faith. Be purposeful in what you do. Daniel purposed in his heart that he will not defile himself with the king’s delicacies

⁃ Bring God into it whenever opportunity arises. Tell anyone interested who is your helper and trust.

⁃ Demonstrate kingdom character: humility, patience, gentleness, kindness etc. Put people at the center of everything.

⁃ Be hardworking, no slothfulness

⁃ Make quality work your standard: ensure you have the ability for the job (Daniel and his friends were chosen because they met the criteria). Your gifts-skills and abilities must fit the job

⁃ Be joyful in your work and countenance

⁃ Be trustworthy: your yes is yes, and no is no.

God is the one that will do the extraordinary in your life and work. He will bring you into favour with people. He will show you the path of life when you take His presence with you to your workplace.

#Prayerfortheweek

Almighty Father, thank You for the gift of my salvation. Thank you for making me a new creation. I am bold. I am courageous. I am Christ ambassador in the workplace. I will show forth Your praise to the glory of Your name. In the name of Yeshua I pray. Amen

I pray that this inspire you to reflect on your relationship with Elohim and be determined to be more and do more for Him each day. 

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