Which of the following are similar to the ways you've served Christ in your family? [check all that apply]
• Taught your kids to see God's glory in nature
• Washed the dishes without being asked
• Played a board game with your kids
• Encouraged your wife to finish her master's degree
• Attended a child's open house at school
• Worked fewer hours to be with your family
• Set an example of a godly prayer life for your children
• Held a crying child
• Swung on the tire swing with your daughter
• Told your wife why you're still in love with her
• Told your son he's got what it takes
• Coached soccer
• Let you child correct you now and then
• Fixed the vacuum cleaner
• Taught your sons to ride a bike
• Listened patiently to a complaint of your wife
• Taped your child's artwork to your office wall
• Admitted to your kids that you were wrong
• Told your children how Christ entered your life
• Cleaned up vomit
• Taught your children to love books
• Been romantic without expecting sex
• Told your daughter she's smart/beautiful
• Set standards for your kids and stuck to them
• Dealt graciously with a busybody neighbor
• Peeled carrots
• Watched movies together
Salt, Light—and Yeast Theme of the Week: Take God to Work Friday, September 10, 2004
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Men of IntegritySeptember/October 2004Salt, Light—and YeastTheme of the Week: Take God to WorkFriday, September 1075
Key Bible Verse: The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast [in] making bread … The yeast permeated every part of the dough (Matthew 13:33. Bonus Reading:Matthew 5:13–16)
I see different levels of workplace witness:
Level 1: Our mere presence in the workplace. Christ is in us, and He shines through.
Level 2: The very way we do our work. Whom we do our work for, and in Whose strength do we do it? People can tell the difference.
Level 3: Bringing a biblical perspective to personal issues people face—relationship breakdowns, raising children, greed, anxiety, bereavement.
Level 4: Approaching cultural issues such as September 11—or everyday topics like movies—from a biblical perspective. Was there any place where people weren't asking, "Why did God allow 9/11 to happen?" We can respond from a perspective of faith.
Level 5: Approaching work issues in a godly manner. The gospel in the marketplace is more than telling how Christ has changed us or can change others—it's about changing the companies we serve in.
Level 6: We witness through opportunities to share the gospel. We have to take risks. We're called not just to be salt and light, which are essentially passive, but to be yeast—active agents of transformation.
Christians are in the right places to reach this nation—and, indeed, the world.
—Mark Greene in Decision
My Response: To move up one level in my workplace witness, I could …
Thought to Apply: The minister lives behind a "stained glass curtain." The layman has opportunities for evangelism that a minister will never have.
Lord, let me know clearly the work that you are calling me to do in life. And grant me every grace I need to answer Your call with courage and love and lasting dedication for Your will. —St. Meinrad
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