NEW TESTAMENT READING PLAN: Acts 11-13
SCRIPTURE READING
Eph 6:5-9 Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere
heart, as you would Christ, not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as
servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, rendering service with a good
will as to the Lord and not to man, knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he
will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free. Masters, do the same to
them, and stop your threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in
heaven, and that there is no partiality with him.
In the context of our Canadian culture, we do not have slavery but there are still some
principles in this passage that we can apply to our lives in regards to how an employee
treats his employer in the work place. As Christians, we would magnify our witness in
the work place if we would adhere to these principles in the workplace. There are a lot
of Christian workers in the workplace with non-Christian bosses and non-Christian coworkers,
these people see our attitudes and how we work. In this passage we are called
to have one attitude and one attitude alone. That attitude is to do whatever we do as unto
Christ. God has placed bosses as human authorities in our lives and as workers, we are
called to obey. It means not to gripe every time the boss tells you to do something. When
we are work, we are obeying Christ by obeying our employers. Sometimes it may seem
tough to obey our worldly employers, but we must remember who really is in control.
We must understand that we serve a sovereign God. He is omnipresent, omniscient,
omnipotent and in control, even of our workplaces and our employers. Knowing this should
motivate us to obey this command.
PRAYER and MEDITATION
1. In listening prayer, ask the Lord how you are doing in the area of submitting to and
obeying your employer. Do you get caught up in office gossip? Do you complain about
him/her? What does your testimony look like at work? Confess these things as sin, asking
God to forgive you.
2. Ask the Lord to give you a greater understanding of His sovereignty, ask Him to grow
your trust of Him so that you can obey your boss and not worry about office politics.
