“ Is not My word like a fire?” says the LORD, “ And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
Today another chunk of my hardened heart was broken into pieces by the hammer of the Lord. His word is truly like a fire, burning through the impurities that linger in this stubborn heart.
I must confess that I have been doing a few things at the work place that are not in agreement with company policy, and these compromises have been creating within me a bit of anxiety and guilt. Today I got caught in one of them. Ephesians 5: 8-11 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), finding out what is acceptable to the Lord. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.
My rationale has been, everybody else does it, what is the big deal. Well the big deal is that the company says not to do it! Hmm, so they are the ones that hired me and they are the ones that can fire me. They are the ones that pay me, and they own the business, not me. They make the rules, and I am supposed to follow them, whether I agree with them or do not agree with them.
So I took the write up like a grown-up. I didn't make excuses, and I didn't blame anybody else for what I did wrong, even though I may have wanted to just a little. I came home, a little upset but humbled, and knew that I had to go to the Lord about it because when all is said and done, He truly is the Boss, the Owner of the Company, the Owner of this life.
The lesson that I learned is this... fear God and honor the King by doing what is right in His eye, not with what is right in your coworkers eye. Submit to His authority in my life, and submit to the authority that He puts before me in the workplace, in church leadership, in ministry work, in family, in friendships, in our government leadership and all that I may have forgotten.
It is all in His control and power and He is coming back for us soon, so let us not forget to love the Lord with all our hearts, souls, minds, and bodies and to allow Him to be glorified in these marred pots.
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