How Is My Faith Revealed When I Am at Work? Ep. 1429: Christian Questions Podcast

[00:09:45] What does integrity look like when no one is watching?

[00:18:45] How does diligence become an act of worship and not just hard work?

[00:33:00] What does real excellence look like when your job feels ordinary or unnoticed?

[00:48:20] How can my attitude and example become a quiet form of leadership at work?

Let’s get practical. For most of us, the largest portion of our waking hours is spent working in one way or another to support ourselves and our household. Whether we are in a trade or at a desk, whether we are engaged in a service or retail or farming, building, manufacturing or raising children or going to school or freelancing, most of us are tied to the responsibility of investing time into our physical care. Now, if we are truly dedicated Christians, we know our primary responsibility is to God through Christ. How do we make these seemingly contradictory investments of our time work in perfect harmony? How do we fully live our Christianity while involved in spiritually mundane activities? What does my Christianity look and sound like when I am simply taking care of business?

One way to best frame the answer to these questions is to lay out what it looks like for a Christian to be an ideal employer or employee. By using the word “IDEAL” as an acronym, we can appreciate the guidelines we should strive for.

I.D.E.A.L.

Integrity, Diligence, Excellence, Attitude, Leadership—These attributes are a framework for living out faith at work.

Integrity is described as wholeness and consistency. Integrity (https://youtu.be/ZIOHToNNGKA) is not an idea; it is a decision.

Diligence builds on integrity by turning conviction into sustained