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Take Love to Work This Christmas

While Christmas is a time of joyous celebration, many people—especially unbelievers—become stressed or depressed, and struggle to find hope in their lives. Christmas is a time that is ripe for harvesting souls and a marvelous opportunity to share the reason for your hope, joy and all-around victorious life.

That’s why it is so important for Christians to take the love of God with them into the workplace. People are turned off to the gospel by Christians who carry their Bibles to the office while they’re cheating their employers or mistreating co-workers. It’s a sad thing when a believer professes his faith to his fellow employees, and then comes in late morning after morning, spends business hours chatting with co-workers, and then tops it all off by talking ugly about his boss!

A Christian who behaves like that would give more glory to The LORD by leaving his Bible at home and keeping his mouth shut until he learns to demonstrate the love and integrity of God with his life, and not just his lips. It’s a strong statement, but it’s true.

There was one Jewish man, in particular, who wouldn’t give the gospel the time of day for years because of the shabby work habits of those he knew who called themselves Christians. He finally did get saved, but he did in spite of them, not because of them.

On the other hand, believers who do walk in love on the job shine like stars in a dark night. They preach without saying a word! It gets people’s attention when someone works diligently and keeps a good attitude. It’s an outstanding thing when an employee gives 110% on the job—not only when the boss is looking, but when he isn’t. 

When we walk in love in the workplace, we’ll forget about pushing for our own success and search out ways to contribute to the success of others, while trusting the Lord to bring us our reward. It will come, too. It will come not only in the form of pay raises and promotions, but in the form of souls won to the Lord. And that is the greatest reward of all.