Exhort slaves to be submissive to their masters and to give them satisfaction in every respect. They are not to talk back to them, nor are they to steal from them. Rather, they should show themselves to be completely trustworthy so that in every way they may add luster to the doctrine of God our Savior. Titus 2:9-10 NCB
A young man told his mentor, “My parents thought I would go into the ministry, but I’m working in a mobile phone store.” His mentor said, “You are in the ministry. The phone company may not realize this, but they’re paying you to be a chaplain in that shop. You’ll be able to serve Christ there. Consider yourself in the ministry of caring for mobile phone users and fellow employees. That’s a pretty large congregation!”
You may not be exactly where you want to be. Just over sixty percent of American workers are satisfied with their jobs, which means about forty percent are not. But in either case, Christians in the marketplace must remember their ministry is wherever they are.
God doesn’t reward us for just showing up and punching the clock each day. He wants us to work at our jobs with all our hearts, always being ready to share a word from Him to everyone who asks us a reason for the hope within us.
