Colossians 3:22-25
Slaves [employees], obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to win their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord.
We are to work at our jobs doing what our bosses have delegated for us to accomplish, not only to show them we are good workers to earn a promotion, but inwardly realizing that our Lord has put us in our position to not only make our boss look good, but also to bring credit to the Lord in our attitudes and methods of doing things.
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
No matter what kind of job we have, whether blue collar, white collar or no collar, we are to do it as though our boss is Jesus, giving Him our very best with passion.
Anyone who does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there is no favoritism.
How we do our jobs is important in the light of Christ's reputation. When we throw ourselves passionately into working out and completing the tasks before us as working for God's benefit, as well as our human boss, God will reward us, His paycheck. But if we cut corners, or conduct our business in an unethical or deceptive way, we will experience the negative consequences of our poor choices; because God doesn't "grade on a curve," He allows us to reap what we have sown, to experience the natural consequences of our decisions in how we think and act, whether good or bad, positive or negative.
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