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How can you build relationships with your co-workers so that you have an opportunity to share God’s love with them, tell them of your faith journey, and be a witness for Jesus on the job?
Here are the last two ways that we can share God’s love on the job.
9. Be ready to apologize when you need to.
My friend, Janet, says that the major difference between her and her co-workers who are not yet believers is that she apologizes more often! Well, being humble enough to apologize when you’re wrong is definitely a God-thing, and it really does go a long way to breaking down barriers and solving problems.
10. Build relationships with your co-workers by using lunchtime as an opportunity to talk.
It is not appropriate to use any significant amount of company time for personal conversations. But there is your lunch hour, and you can use that time for building relationships.
Let me tell you about my friend, Cynthia. Many years ago, she worked in a difficult environment, where she was not fully accepted as a co-equal, because she is African-American. She sensed this attitude, particularly on the part of one co-worker, who actually told her they could never be friends because of their ethic differences. But Cynthia determined by God’s grace to overcome those differences. So, she began what she called Project Love, and each week she invited one of her co-workers to have lunch with her. She even designed special invitations for them, and so one by one, she began Project Love. That began to break down those barriers as her co-workers got to know her and vice-versa. And the woman who declared they could never be friends—well, as it turns out, she has become a close friend and confidant of Cynthia’s, and even though they no longer work together, they stay in touch, and Cynthia gets birthday cards and greetings from her regularly.
Love works, my friends. Love will overcome, and if there are some difficult relationships where you work now, why don’t you ask God for your own Project Love idea, instead of giving up on those relationships.
