- “Exhort bondservants to be obedient to their own masters, to be well pleasing in all things, not answering back,
- not pilfering [thieving], but showing all good fidelity [honesty], that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.”
Titus 2:9,10 (NKJV)
• If you are an employee under a person or company, the Bible admonishes you, as a Christian, to be obedient to your master or employer.
- Not only that, but also, you should be well pleasing in all things, that is, you do your best to please your master (Titus 2:9).
- Not answering back: if you are being instructed, corrected, or scolded, you should not talk back (Titus 2:9).
- Your obedience should not be to the masters who are good only, but froward or harsh masters as well.
- “Servants be submissive to your masters with all fear, NOT ONLY TO THE GOOD AND GENTLE BUT ALSO TO THE HARSH.
- For this is commendable, if because of conscience towards God one endures grief, suffering wrongfully.”
1 Peter 2:18,19 (NKJV)
• You should do, whatever you do for your master, employer, as if you do it for the Lord (Ephesians 6:5-7).
- “Bondservants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, IN SINCERITY OF HEART ❤️, AS TO CHRIST;
- NOT with EYESERVICE, as men pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,
- WITH GOODWILL DOING SERVICE, AS TO THE LORD, AND NOT TO MEN.
Ephesians 6:5-7 (NKJV)
- If you are submissive and obedient to the person you work for, your boss, you are not being stupid; you only display the good virtues of God in you– the unbelievers will have nothing evil to say of you (Titus 2:8).
- Through your conduct, the Word of God is adorned–you make the teaching about Christ, the gospel, attractive to others (Titus 2:10).
• In addition to that, you should be faithful and financially accountable; not pilfering or thieving, that is, not stealing things, regardless of the value—no matter how small.
- Some believers do not have a good testimony where they work, they collude with other employees to steal and swindle their masters.
- The reason why a number of believers do not excel in what they do is because; they employ, apply, the principles of the world to succeed, but it cannot work for them—a servant cannot serve two masters (Matthew 6:24; Luke 16:13).
- If you want to prosper in what you do, follow the principles of the Bible (Matthew 7:24-27).
• If you have a callous, froward, or harsh master, submit to him anyway.
- If your employer is cruel and unkind, and yet you are faithful, loyal, and obedient to him—God will safeguard your interests, deal with him, if he mistreated you (Ephesians 6:9).
- God is not partial, He is a just God (James 5:1-4).
• Truth:At times the reason why some masters are unfair is because some employees are not faithful—they are not diligent in their works (Proverbs 22:29).
- Some do the work given to them with levity—they have a laid-back attitude to work. They do not work for the money they earn.
- Albeit, if you are faithful in what you do, God will give you a better job—if your faithfulness is apparent or obvious (1 Timothy 4:15).
• Take Note:
- If you are honest, you live right where you work: through your good conduct, you make the gospel attractive to others—you adorn the gospel.
- Some believers cannot witness for Christ where they work or live.
- The life they live, sinful life, has shut their mouths—they cannot witness for Christ (Acts 1:8).
- Remember, if you are good to your master, God will reward you. If you are faithful in another man’s thing, yours shall be given to you (Luke 16:12).
“Knowing that whatever good anyone does, he will receive the same from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free.”
Ephesians 6:8 (NKJV)
- “YOU ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.
- “Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket but on a lamp stand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.
- “LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE BEFORE MEN, THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD WORKS AND GLORIFY YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN.”
Matthew 5:14-16 (NKJV)
• You will not fail in Jesus’ name.
Peace!