The last 15 years of my full time employment, I worked in retail. There are some points that I want to make about the work place. First point it is the work place, should you work there? The second point should you witness at your work? What is a true witness?
As I stated I worked in retail, Prior to working in retail, I worked in transportation, and the freight industry, now we work in this ministry.
My wife and I have a combined time of 104 years of work experience. In retail I was a support manager in the receiving area, I was in charge of the company truck unloading. I had a person that was new, and she had been saved recently, a zeal for God. The only problem was she would talk so much about God, and didn't work much. As a fellow believer I felt that I could help her, "Jean if you worked it would be more of a witness", it was the wrong thing to say as far as she was concerned! Working in the work place is what we are hired to do! So the answer to the first question is "WORK"!!!
I believe that we should witness wherever we are, do we always? "NO" Should we? "YES". As Christians, we should at least work as hard as the person that we stand next to, if we want to be a real witness, we should work harder. Not to look better then the other person, but to please God. Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatsoever you do, do all to the Glory of God. I Corinthians 10: 31 (KJV)
I believe that a true witness, are those who do all things as unto The Lord. Pat and I went into the retail store that I worked at to buy our glasses. I had some conversations with the associate that waited on us. She was getting married, I asked her what church? She told me. (I'll leave it at that) The Lord prompted me to give her a quarter, and I did. I said "I'm giving you this quarter as a gift, the same as God gives us salvation through faith." She replied "and works". I said "no then you earned it, and it's not a gift". That was the end of our conversation. I don't know, but I wouldn't be surprised that some of the times when she has a quarter in her hand that she remembers that time and place. A witness of the goodness of God.
As I stated I worked in retail, Prior to working in retail, I worked in transportation, and the freight industry, now we work in this ministry.
My wife and I have a combined time of 104 years of work experience. In retail I was a support manager in the receiving area, I was in charge of the company truck unloading. I had a person that was new, and she had been saved recently, a zeal for God. The only problem was she would talk so much about God, and didn't work much. As a fellow believer I felt that I could help her, "Jean if you worked it would be more of a witness", it was the wrong thing to say as far as she was concerned! Working in the work place is what we are hired to do! So the answer to the first question is "WORK"!!!
I believe that we should witness wherever we are, do we always? "NO" Should we? "YES". As Christians, we should at least work as hard as the person that we stand next to, if we want to be a real witness, we should work harder. Not to look better then the other person, but to please God. Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatsoever you do, do all to the Glory of God. I Corinthians 10: 31 (KJV)
I believe that a true witness, are those who do all things as unto The Lord. Pat and I went into the retail store that I worked at to buy our glasses. I had some conversations with the associate that waited on us. She was getting married, I asked her what church? She told me. (I'll leave it at that) The Lord prompted me to give her a quarter, and I did. I said "I'm giving you this quarter as a gift, the same as God gives us salvation through faith." She replied "and works". I said "no then you earned it, and it's not a gift". That was the end of our conversation. I don't know, but I wouldn't be surprised that some of the times when she has a quarter in her hand that she remembers that time and place. A witness of the goodness of God.
What we do or say has a impact on His Kingdom. I said that Pat and I are ministers of The Gospel through this blog. If it has helped you in some way, it could be a tool to reach someone that you know, and minister to them. As simple as a quarter. Nothing big in our sight, but we don't see the big picture as God does, To God Be The Glory.
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