When I gave my life to the Lord no one told me it included work. I didn’t know what it meant to follow Christ at all…much less on the job.
For years I worked in fear and confusion. Although I’d given my life to Jesus, work became my God. I tried to follow Colossians 3:23 which says, “Whatever you put your hand to do it with all your might…” I was certainly working hard, but left out the “…as to the LORD” part of that scripture. Only later, as a stressed-out, chronically ill workaholic, did I begin to think my understanding of that verse was off. I’d managed to work myself right out of a relationship with the One I claimed to follow. I was saved, but Jesus was Lord in name only. I wasn’t living as though He had supreme, final authority over my life. And I certainly wasn’t working that way.
Then, in what seemed like a moment, everything I’d worked for was lost. I was working hard giving God glory for my successes so how could this happen? Desperate for understanding and help, I cried out to the Lord. I had to know what He really meant when He said work “as to” Him.
During my first twelve years as a Christian, I worked with a Jesus as Savior mentality. This mindset kept me in bondage. It allowed me to claim Jesus, while continuing to go after the things of the world.
But when I took on Jesus as “Lord”, He completely changed every area of my life including work. I began learning how to work under His sovereign authority rather than my own agenda.
I pray this site encourages you in the Lord on your job. He’s is the only way to true peace and purpose at work.
Jesus didn’t die for your paycheck. He didn’t die for a title, better benefits, or upward mobility…
…He died for you!
Work As To The LORD 