090517 More Than A Job 01 Work Is Worship

The Office just ended its fifth season ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Office explores & exposes today’s corporate environment ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

We know what it’s like to … ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

For many people work is absurd ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Tim McGuire, Pres. of American Society of Newspaper Editors ,[object Object],[object Object]

Others take a more fatalistic view & say that work is simply necessary ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Chances are we have all had feelings like this about our work ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Imagine … ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Colossians 3:22-4:1 NIV ,[object Object]

First observation ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Second observation ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Google Office Complex in New York City ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

There was nothing like that for slaves in the ancient world ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

We’re not slaves, but there are principles to apply to our work ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

“ Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything …” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

“ and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to win their favor …” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

“ but with sincerity of heart …” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

“ and reverence for the Lord” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

“ Whatever you do …” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

“ work at it with all your heart …” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

“ as working for the Lord, not for men” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

It’s true even for those who are bosses themselves: ,[object Object],[object Object]

Maybe your work seems boring, insignificant & ridiculous ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Steve Garber, Director of the Washington Institute ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Realization affected everything about his restaurant ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

We need to learn to think theologically about our work ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

When you come to realize that you work for God, it changes everything ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The reason is Michael, the boss ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Have you ever had a bad boss? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

No accident that Paul uses worship language in regard to our work ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

“ Whatever you do … do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Some of the best worship songs began as slave songs ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

We use the word “vocation” to describe our work ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

But it doesn’t always work out that way, does it? ,[object Object],[object Object]

We don’t always get to do the work we dreamed of doing, do we? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Here’s the good news: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

You don’t have to be a minister to turn work into worship ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

090517 More Than A Job 01 Work Is Worship

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