Devotions Inspired By Beyond BlessedSample

WHO’S THE BOSS?

by Preston Morrison 

When I first joined the staff at Gateway Church almost 20 years ago, I was answering directly to Pastor Robert. I was 22 years old and had much to learn. I remember the day he said, “Preston, you’re not always going to answer to me. You will go on to have other bosses who oversee you here. They’re not going to see everything you do for this church, and I won’t see everything you do for this church either. But don’t let that be your motivation. Remember that even though I don’t see everything, God does, and you work for Him, not me.” 

Have you ever noticed we tend to step up our game when we feel someone important is watching? I catch my boys doing this all the time. I’ll tell them to brush their teeth before bed, and when they don’t think I’m watching, it’s like the toothbrush barely touches their teeth and they’re finished. A funny thing happens, though, when they realize I’m watching them. They practically become gold-medalist teeth brushers. 

What would you change about the way you work if you realized you don’t work for yourself, or for your boss, but for the Lord? And what would you do differently if you realized He was always watching? Would you work harder? Would you show up earlier? Would you spend company money differently? You probably would and that’s great. But rather than changing these behaviors directly, consider the following suggestions as supplements to your changes: be more grateful each day God gives you at your job no matter how hard or bad it gets, and make the place where God put you a better place for all to be. 

God is a really great “boss.” The question is would God say you make a really great employee?

PRAYER

Lord, thank You for the opportunity to work where You have placed me. Give me a heart for those around me, gratitude for my job even on difficult days, and a mindset that You’re my boss. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

MEMORY VERSE   

Obey those who rule over you, and be submissive, for they watch out for your souls, as those who must give account. Let them do so with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you. HEBREWS 13:17