Is the customer the Boss? Or is the one who pays your salary the Boss? As a disciple of Jesus, who really influences your decision the most? Is it Jesus or the people you are sent to love? Think before you answer.
The customer is the boss as long as his demands are within the boundary of what the boss who pays the salary is willing to offer. When the customer begins to demand things that are outrageous, she stops to be the boss, you are expected to say no to that customer and find a solution that is reasonable.
Similarly, in loving the people around us, we must stick to the message of “Repentance (Act 2:38)”! For the kingdom of God is near”. No matter who you are. The way to the kingdom is through repentance (to change your boss)!
Here are some questions for you! And yes for me as well. When it comes to the way you react to the people around you who do not seem to have the capacity or desire to add to you in any way, how do you see them?
Do you see them as people sent to you by the Lord Jesus Christ? Do you see them as people that you are called to serve in the name of Jesus? Do you see them as people that you are called to be a blessing to? Freely you have received, Freely give. Do you see them as people that Jesus sent to bless you in way you cannot even imagine?
When you are with people who are ahead of you financially, in your career or in any aspect of life how do you act?
Do you try to get them to like you or do you wish you can show them that all that they have is equal to nothing because if they don’t have access to the Kingdom of God? Do you try to prove that you have something too, not just Jesus, or do you wish that they would know that serving Jesus is infinitely more precious than any position on earth? Do you allow Jesus to show you the best way to love them? Many times we forget that Jesus is the Lord and that we don’t need to make Jesus look good!!
Jesus is the boss! He loves us and he knows why he sends these people into our lives and paths. Those we like and those we don’t like so much!
Thank you Pastor for this article. It is indeed an important question to reflect on. I believe to answer I need to even define what’s a boss, what’s my perception of what a boss looks like.
For now, I have many various answers…sometimes when you go interview they ask you what is the ideal boss/manager or what are your expectation..I usually answer …”someone who is a good listener and who speaks to me with transparence and no sugar coating…”
I need to put more thoughts into the boss/me relationship, I usually try to be as independant from him/her as I can be…lol!
I also like the way you talked about our view of people who have no intention to add to us…Do I reflect on what I want to add to people when I meet them? Interesting question!!
Lots of gold in this article, Pastor, thank you.
Thanks so much Alice for these thoughtful comments! Yes there are a few things to think about! My goal rely is to provoke thoughts so that the answers can come from the Holy Spirit within us!