ON BEING "THE KING'S CUPBEARER"!

While attending the Thursday evening Bible study
at our church, the subject being the book of Nehemiah
and the rebuilding project that God led him to lead,
I am struck with the position and posture that the
man, Nehemiah, the cupbearer to King Artaxerxes
(I love saying that name) held during his service.
Upon further comtemplation based on what one
would gather from the text in chapters 1 & 2, we
could gain "volumes" of information and inspiration
from the dedication that Nehemiah put into his job.
And from the conversations that he had with the
King, it makes you feel challenged to consider what
your relationship is with your "employer", as a
Christian in the workplace.
What position of respect have you earned in the
eyes of your supervisor(s) or fellow-employees?
While the mindset of worldlings is to just do what
is necessary or required to "get by" and keep your
job, we who are "King's Kids", heirs and joint-heirs
of the Kingdom of God, ought to be giving our best
to our employment!!
Are we good examples?
Are we conscientious workers?
Do we do our jobs gladly & willingly?
Do we earn our pays?
Do we claim time which we didn't work?
Do we set a standard for others to follow?
Do we "extend" our breaks or lunches?
Do we "appropriate" office supplies for home?
Are we taking Jesus to work with us?
Does our work ethic speak of our testimony?
Are we thankful that we have a job?
Getting my drift? We who "name the Name" should
be "model" employees! Without "wearing our religion
on our sleeves or foreheads", people should be able
to see that we belong to God, and that we do our job
well, because we are His!
"Religion" or our Christianity, is not just for church or
Sunday School class or Bible Study, if it's worth having
at all, it's worth having IN ALL! In all that you do, the
Scriptures exhort us, DO AS UNTO THE LORD!!
Whether playing sports, recreating at the playground,
shopping at the grocery store, working in our yards
or gardens, at the repair shop, attending ballgames,
or wherever, you represent your Lord and Saviour!!
BE HONEST - IF YOU WERE AN EMPLOYER, WOULD
YOU HIRE YOU TO WORK FOR YOU? Selah.