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date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 10:10:13 -0000
from: "LICC"
subject: LICC - Word for the Week - Like master, unlike servant
to: REDACTED
LICC word for the week
Like master, unlike servant
Obadiah was in charge of (Ahabs) palace. (Obadiah was a devout believer in the Lord.) 1
Kings 18:3
Few of us would envy Obadiah, working in a position of responsibility for a godless,
corrupt and ruthless master.
But the majority of Christians today are similarly working for ungodly employers some
basically honest and just, others corrupt and tyrannical. Should they resign, and retreat
into the comparative safety of Christian employment? Or believing that the salt should be
applied to the food, the lamp placed on a stand should they stay where they are and try to
make a difference?
How did Obadiah handle the challenge?
First of all, he maintained his faith. How easy it is, in a godless environment, to lose
the freshness of our relationship with God, and gradually slip into habits of gossip,
complaining and offensive talk, while God seems less and less relevant to our real-life
situations.
But Obadiah also took advantage of the opportunities offered to him by his job, hiding and
feeding a hundred prophets during Jezebels persecutions. Our jobs may seem to offer little
scope for heroism. But all of us have opportunities to live a distinctively Christian life
in the way we behave towards our colleagues, in our conscientiousness and integrity. And
many of us, as we attain to positions of responsibility, have real opportunities to change
things to encourage and support younger colleagues, to review investment policies and sales
methods, to initiate and support policies that promote justice.
date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 10:10:13 -0000
from: "LICC"
subject: LICC - Word for the Week - Like master, unlike servant
to: REDACTED
LICC word for the week
Like master, unlike servant
Obadiah was in charge of (Ahabs) palace. (Obadiah was a devout believer in the Lord.) 1
Kings 18:3
Few of us would envy Obadiah, working in a position of responsibility for a godless,
corrupt and ruthless master.
But the majority of Christians today are similarly working for ungodly employers some
basically honest and just, others corrupt and tyrannical. Should they resign, and retreat
into the comparative safety of Christian employment? Or believing that the salt should be
applied to the food, the lamp placed on a stand should they stay where they are and try to
make a difference?
How did Obadiah handle the challenge?
First of all, he maintained his faith. How easy it is, in a godless environment, to lose
the freshness of our relationship with God, and gradually slip into habits of gossip,
complaining and offensive talk, while God seems less and less relevant to our real-life
situations.
But Obadiah also took advantage of the opportunities offered to him by his job, hiding and
feeding a hundred prophets during Jezebels persecutions. Our jobs may seem to offer little
scope for heroism. But all of us have opportunities to live a distinctively Christian life
in the way we behave towards our colleagues, in our conscientiousness and integrity. And
many of us, as we attain to positions of responsibility, have real opportunities to change
things to encourage and support younger colleagues, to review investment policies and sales
methods, to initiate and support policies that promote justice.
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