No longer just a job that pays the bills

Today, my boss and I resumed praying together. It feels good to pray with people especially with people who influence your daily life more significantly and directly.

The past few days, Max Lucado's podcast talked about "elevating your work" and then it dawned upon me that I must not work just for "money that pays the rent" but I must see my job as a blessing because it allows me to share God's love in the corporate world. I spend so many hours here, I literally spend my waking hours in the four corners of this building...I might as well make the most out of it.

Max Lucado was spot on when he said that people have a tendency to create a "dichotomy between clergy and laity". We think that when we work, we are doing nothing that concerns the glorification of God. Nothing could be farther from the truth!

Another way of seeing it would be to examine God himself. God worked for 6 days and rested on the 7th. And His work brought Him glory. When we work, we can bring Him glory too.

Now, let me get this straight...Workaholism is not what I am espousing...workaholism is an addiction to busyness that is a result of covering up our hurts. We are called to work. We are called to use the talents He gave us.

Going back to my boss, it was from her that I heard that "Work is my prayer to God"...at first I never understood it...

But now I do...

I see my work in a different light...knowing that I not only report to my boss but to the inventor of work itself, God, I am fully inspired to do what I can with my talents. My desk is no longer just a table with four legs but it is a place where I accomplish noble and holy things for God's greater glory.