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Program D-7802
Do you hate your job? Maybe hate is too strong a word—do you just not like it? Studies show that a large percentage of workers really hate their jobs. Maybe you hate it because it’s boring, or because the people you work with are difficult, or because you have an impossible boss.
Well, if you have a tough job—one you’d ditch if you could—here’s what you do: change employers. That’s right! Just change employers—right now, today! But, you say, “I can’t just change jobs like that.” Oh, I didn’t say change jobs; I said change employers. Paul wrote to the Colossians: Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men. (Colossians 3:23)
Did you realize you can change employers without changing jobs? Just say out loud, “I no longer work for that company or that person; I have a new boss. I now work for the Lord.” Keep that thought in your mind all day long as you’re working. Keep telling yourself over and over this truth: “I report to Jesus. Therefore, I must be careful how I act. I need to watch my attitude because I have a new boss: Jesus.”
I don’t care how tough your job is or how much you dislike it. If you work for Jesus, if you consider him your boss, if you continually remind yourself that you will give an account to him as to how you performed in your job and, furthermore, that he will reward you if you do a good job, then you can make the best of a tough job.
Believe me, I know because I’ve had to practice this myself. For three years I worked in a job I wanted desperately to leave. During my first year there, I did everything I could to find another job, but nothing happened. Finally I realized God had me there for some purpose, so I decided to work for God, not for that company, and not for that impossible boss. As soon as I changed employers, I was content in that job. Over the next two years, God taught me lessons through that job I didn’t like which I could not have learned anywhere else. He also used me to witness to others who worked there. But nothing good happened until I changed employers.
Make this biblical principle a reality in your life today: Don’t work for people or money or a company; work for Jesus. I promise you, you can make the best of a tough job by changing employers.