Hello brothers and sisters;
Are you still actively working? Do you consider your job a ministry?
For many years I used to separate my job from the ministry until one year I experience the lowest point in my career that opened my eyes.
I worked for a company in the Project Managers Department. On the accounting end I did job costing and profit margins. One day I was called in a meeting with the president, his assistant and my manager. We had a large piece of material that never got used and laid in inventory for some time. I was assigned to contact the manufacturing company and tell them a "little lie" in hopes we could send it back and get a credit.
I didn't say anything at first and needed it to sink in. I decided as a Christian I could not sin, no matter how tiny or large, and when my manager followed up with me, I made it clear I could not lie for the company.
I had just received a great review of my work and a raise in salary. But when my refusal to lie for the company escalated to my manager, vice president, they had me meet with Human Resources and made a decision to demote me and take back my raise in salary. After the meeting I remember just sitting there in disbelief while they all left the conference room.
At the next Sunday Worship service I went before the congregation and couldn't help but break down and confess what happened at my job. The next week I submitted my two week notice.
I could have gone along with lying for my employer, received a pat on the back and enjoy my promotion and salary raise. But my conviction for a tiny lie was so strong that I chose to trust God. After my last day at this company I was out of work for a whole month and didn't qualify for unemployment because I chose to resign.
I got ahold of my bearings and remember at Sunday school one of the elders, looked at me in the eyes and encouraged me, "Bob, the person responsible (vice president) for initiating your demotion, because you wouldn't lie, will always remember the position you took. He knows you were a Christian."
I'm a forward thinking chap. So I flooded the market with my resume and after a handful of interviews, I received a call from a business that would hire me in my first ever manager's position. Praise the Lord!
This was a tough experience that brought me to the lowest point in my career. But this also led me to see that the church and my personal career go hand in hand. My job was a ministry.
Do you have a story to tell in your job career, and, do you view this as a ministry?
God bless you all and thank you for reading my story.
Are you still actively working? Do you consider your job a ministry?
For many years I used to separate my job from the ministry until one year I experience the lowest point in my career that opened my eyes.
I worked for a company in the Project Managers Department. On the accounting end I did job costing and profit margins. One day I was called in a meeting with the president, his assistant and my manager. We had a large piece of material that never got used and laid in inventory for some time. I was assigned to contact the manufacturing company and tell them a "little lie" in hopes we could send it back and get a credit.
I didn't say anything at first and needed it to sink in. I decided as a Christian I could not sin, no matter how tiny or large, and when my manager followed up with me, I made it clear I could not lie for the company.
I had just received a great review of my work and a raise in salary. But when my refusal to lie for the company escalated to my manager, vice president, they had me meet with Human Resources and made a decision to demote me and take back my raise in salary. After the meeting I remember just sitting there in disbelief while they all left the conference room.
At the next Sunday Worship service I went before the congregation and couldn't help but break down and confess what happened at my job. The next week I submitted my two week notice.
I could have gone along with lying for my employer, received a pat on the back and enjoy my promotion and salary raise. But my conviction for a tiny lie was so strong that I chose to trust God. After my last day at this company I was out of work for a whole month and didn't qualify for unemployment because I chose to resign.
I got ahold of my bearings and remember at Sunday school one of the elders, looked at me in the eyes and encouraged me, "Bob, the person responsible (vice president) for initiating your demotion, because you wouldn't lie, will always remember the position you took. He knows you were a Christian."
I'm a forward thinking chap. So I flooded the market with my resume and after a handful of interviews, I received a call from a business that would hire me in my first ever manager's position. Praise the Lord!
This was a tough experience that brought me to the lowest point in my career. But this also led me to see that the church and my personal career go hand in hand. My job was a ministry.
Do you have a story to tell in your job career, and, do you view this as a ministry?
God bless you all and thank you for reading my story.