Honor Your Boss

“Let as many bondservants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and His doctrine may not be blasphemed. And those who have believing masters, let them not despise them because they are brethren, but rather serve them because those who are benefited are believers and beloved.” 1 Timothy 6:1-2 NKJV

There’s a four-letter word that a lot of people don’t like to hear, ‘work.’ Another four-letter word that goes along with ‘work’ is also disliked by some people, ‘boss.’ I get both those sentiments. Been there, done that! But, once we have the right perspective that work is a gift from God work will not seem like such a drudgery. No, it’s not always easy, that’s why it’s called work! Nevertheless, we are to do our work to the best of our ability bringing glory to God. This also includes honoring those we work for, the boss.

You may be about to say, ‘you don’t know who I work for, they are impossible to please.’ Again, been there, done that! We may have worked for the same people. There are a couple of those characters in every industry and field of work. But God requires Christians to honor those we work for, yes, even that hard to please boss. Being disrespectful whether outright or in the performance of our work blasphemes God’s name. God created work and gifted it to us. One way we could show our gratitude to God is to honor our bosses. The Lord has also placed them over us for us to bless them by our work and show them the love of Christ in our lives.

Those of us who have a boss who is a fellow believer have an added responsibility, to not take advantage of them because they are a Christian. We may think they will show favoritism and let us get away with a lackluster work effort. No, Christians should strive all the more to do well bringing glory to God benefiting the employer and the employee before a watching workforce. The Lord commands us to honor our bosses realizing all of us work for ‘The Real Boss’, Jesus Christ.