ChristAlive! Archives: Impacting Workplace Culture

The remnant of Israel was not a showy bunch. They were meek and humble and known by their trust in God. We are called today to be God’s remnant in a post-Christian culture. How are we doing?

God truly wants us to make wise commitments, because if we make the wrong commitments, the consequences will affect every area of our lives. More importantly, the Bible says our commitments affect three things: our values, our character and our destiny. Even the most seemingly insignificant choices we make on a daily basis can have long-term implications.

In his book "Back to Virtue", Peter Kreeft describes mourning as being about sorrow. Sorrow is connected to the suffering we endure in this world. Suffering causes sorrow. All people experience suffering and sorrow, all can be blessed in their suffering, but not all are; only Christ can bring blessing out of our sorrow. Jesus’ joy of the crown outweighs even the pain of the cross.

At one point in my life, I found myself looking for my fourth job in two years. While each departure had its own circumstances, I think in each case I was called out in part to search for another workplace to find other like-minded Christians who wanted to support each other in being Christ.