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
Magnetic Field Theme of the Week: Take God to Work Thursday, September 9, 2004
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Men of IntegritySeptember/October 2004Magnetic FieldTheme of the Week: Take God to WorkThursday, September 975
Key Bible Verse: Truth stands the test of time; lies are soon exposed (Proverbs 12:19). Bonus Reading:1 Peter 2:12; 3:15–16
"Well you haven't lied to me yet," Steve, my coworker at an electronics store, said. Steve and I hadn't worked together for very long, and I was trying to pass on to him details of a unique, upcoming store promotion when he made this comment.
Curious, I asked why he'd find that noteworthy. As we talked, it was clear he thought there was something different about me; something he couldn't quite put his finger on. I got the sense he'd never seen workplace integrity dem-onstrated before and didn't really know what to call it.
I realized something key: The world thirsts for people who will live with integrity. Nonchurchgoers want to be around people who won't lie to them. Integrity is—or should be—one of the best things men who follow Christ have to offer the world. Not the selective, situational, occasionally-stretch-the-truth-to-cover-myself kind, but the biblical kind.
We don't have to worry much about preaching the gospel overtly. If we're living right, people will notice. Truth stands up well under scrutiny 100 percent of the time. Working with integrity in our actions and words acts as a magnet for Christ.
—Jeffrey Leever in Colorado
My Response: A time my integrity was put on the line at my workplace was …
Thought to Apply: Above all, I would like to ring true.
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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