Christian in Church, Christian at Work

I’d like to say a little bit about respect during the times of praise and worship. How does that have anything to do with the workplace? Read on and you’ll see.

When we come together as the Body of Christ in the congregation, we’re here for one reason…to praise and worship the Father together. The singing is joyful and lively and sometimes we lose sight of the fact that praise is a very holy activity and one to be treated with respect. Although most of us easily enter into praise, because of its “loudness” some folks think it’s a time to carry on conversations with each other and socialize. But it’s as holy here in church as it is during your private time at home.

And when the praise transcends to worship and the music becomes softer, it’s easy to lose interest, sit down and check our text messages, flip through the papers in your Bible, read the bulletin, whisper stuff to your neighbor. But we are a corporate body. We need each other. We need to hear each other singing, we need to see each other with our hands raised in adoration of the Father. If you are not physically able to stand up to worship God, then please by all means sit down, but I implore you for your sake and for the sake of your brothers, to remain in an attitude of worship.

Show respect for our Father, for our Saviour, and for the Spirit Who dwells within you; and show respect for the Body of Christ, which is around you.

As you begin to show respect for the corporate body of Christ, you’ll see an immediate tendency to show respect to the people you work with. If you’ll maintain that attitude of worshipping the Lord, it will make your workplace more peaceful and more productive. You can’t be a Christian in church and not in the workplace.