Financial Discipleship @ Work Part 1预览

Who’s the Boss?

By the sacrifice of Christ, we have been redeemed, which means ‘bought back.’ The Christian in the workplace has experienced a change of employer. Our work, our talents, and giftings are now in service of a new enterprise. The new company you now work for is ‘Almighty and Sons/Daughters!’
The Bible is clear that everything in this world belongs to God. He never relinquished His ownership. Now you and I, and all we have belong to God.

I am no longer the owner of my time, my career, my position, my business. I have become an employee of ‘Almighty and Sons/Daughters,’ and a manager of God’s resources. My role is to be faithful in getting to know and carrying out His instructions.

As an Employer, the Lord’s role is to give us assignments. He will then provide sufficient resources to do His will and lead us in the execution of our tasks. God will never give us an assignment without the resources necessary for the work!

One of the most significant decisions I have ever made was to kneel before the Lord and transfer ownership of all I am and have into His control. As a young entrepreneur in the chemical business, I remember some tough times when raw materials were difficult to come by during an oil crisis. We couldn’t supply our customers with product. Some large customers were delaying payments, and we were in a cash crisis. I was suffering mentally with anxiety and stress.

Passing all control over to the Lord brought me peace in the knowledge that it is His business, and He wants to be proactively involved in managing the business. I realized that problems were opportunities to see God in action! Relinquishing ownership relieved me of a huge burden, knowing that He is in control!

Have you ever consciously transferred your work, all your gifts and talents, over to the Lord? He will then give them back to you, in trust, for you to use as He leads in His service.