No matter what we do, the ultimate goal is to glorify God. Therefore, we need to seriously consider two aspects. The first is what we can do. The second is how we should face the work. Sometimes, salary will become the first priority factor in our work; Sometimes, stability is also an important selection factor. My own idea is that these are not considerations, but they are by no means the first factor. I think God likes us to do something that can glorify God and benefit mankind, participate in God's universal favor to mankind, and do something that has a progressive impact on mankind. Whether it is church service or social work, these jobs are accepted by God. This is "doing good" in the eyes of God.
The purpose of our work is not to live a better life. It is for the highest goal, glorifying God and benefiting people. This is a point that is easily overlooked in work. Work is not the purpose and meaning of our life, but we can easily get lost in work. For higher status, more salary and benefits ... It's easy to give up a lot of precious things around you slowly in exchange for the benefits you can get from those jobs.
Pastor Wang gave two words in the Bible as a reminder: don't take piety as the way to make profits; Don't lose heart and do good deeds.
At the beginning, because of Adam's crime, work became a curse, and people had to sweat to make a living. But because of Christ's redemptive work, mankind has been freed from the curse. We who accept Jesus Christ do not work because of the curse, but because we are willing to work, because we imitate God the Father and obey Christ.
Therefore, work should be a pleasure, a sense of satisfaction due to obedience to God. But because of greed and dissatisfaction in people's hearts, they want more after getting some. It is difficult for people to be satisfied with what they have, and they are always worried or complaining about what they don't have.
We should always return to the teaching of the Bible, examine our identity and find the value and significance of our existence. Not from these jobs, to increase our noble chips and let others look up to us. In fact, it is easy for us to become proud or inferior through external things, which leads us to look up to others or look down on others. Only when we live with Christ as the center can we see ourselves in the middle and others in the middle.
Another thing is that our work is for God, not for someone. When we have such a mentality, our work attitude will also become correct. No longer like previous generations, they will not always have dissatisfaction or complaints about various situations.
During this time, the store manager and the store manager have been in a bad mood because of an employee. The employee and the boss have been friends for many years, which leads to the employee often disobeying the rules in the store, being late or leaving early, or going out to work at any time. Of course, these things happen to employees for a reason. But for the company as a whole, it is the destruction of the company's rules and regulations. Store managers and managers are forced by the relationship between employees and bosses, so they turn a blind eye. But after a long time, other employees will be dissatisfied and feel unfair. Moreover, the employee's practice will really affect some work in the store. This state of humbling has lasted for about half a year. In recent days, this contradiction has become more and more serious, because not only being late and leaving early, but also being on leave for several days in a row. Besides, this problem is hard to say. When the words are too harsh, the employees start to make trouble; To put it mildly, employees don't take it seriously and treat it as a joke.
My suggestion is to simply operate and let the system bind all employees. There are no exceptions in the reward and punishment system. The reward of the reward, the fine of the fine. If employees are not satisfied with these systems, they can consider whether to change companies. If there is no dissatisfaction, then accept all constraints. Don't be embarrassed, after all, the company has a company system. Since it belongs to the company, the obedience system is natural. The operation of a company cannot rely on people's consciousness.
In fact, every time we listen to a sermon, we hope it will constantly update our lives, not increase our knowledge and knowledge. If we want to make life grow continuously, we need to constantly use Tao to adjust and restrain it. Moreover, we need to face more and more seriously, can our environment and what we do really testify for Christ? Let others see God in our hearts because of our words and deeds.
May you experience the Lord's breaking every day and grow in Christ.