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It’s probably true that some of you just can’t stand your job. If you could, you would quit tomorrow but you feel like you’re in a prison because you need a job, you’ve got time and benefits invested in this job, finding the right new job is difficult, and yet you hate the job you’re in.
I can understand your feelings because I’ve had a job or two like that myself. But the Apostle Paul wrote to the Philippians:
…I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation….I can do everything through him who gives me strength. (Philippians 4:11-13)
You know, if you can learn this secret of being content, as Paul learned it, you can’t lose because your fulfillment and satisfaction will not be based on circumstances—not based on whether you have a terrific job that you love or one that you don’t like so much!
The first thing you need to do is stop feeding negative messages to yourself about your job. The more you say or think, “I hate my job,” the more you will hate it. You accomplish nothing good by daily reminding yourself that you are not happy with your job. So, replace wrong thoughts and words with positive ones. Say or think, “I’m grateful to have a job. Some people would give anything to have this job or any job at all.”
Then, develop a morning routine that starts your day right. Your day is won or lost in the morning hours, and if you simply wait until the last minute, fall out of bed, rush to work, all the time thinking how much you hate to go to work, you don’t have a chance at having a good day. So, get yourself up earlier, have a structured plan for reading God’s Word each morning, praying for others and for your own attitude, and leaving for work in a joyful mood. We are to rejoice in the Lord always, as Philippians 4:4 reminds us, and that includes when we’re working in a job we don’t like so much.