Seeing Your Job From God's Perspective.pptx

Seeing Your Job From God's Perspective

1. Seeing Your Job from God's Perspective Matthew 25:14-30

2. How do you see your job? Is it just a means to make money, or do you view it as something more?

3. Many of us spend a significant portion of our lives working. But what if we looked at our jobs from God's perspective?

4. Colossians 3:23-24 23  Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,  24  since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.

5. 1. Your Job is a Calling, Not Just a Career Your job is a calling from God. He wants you to use your work to honor Him.

6. 1 . Your Job is a Calling, Not Just a Career Each moment spent in work is an opportunity to reflect God's glory and serve others.

7. 1. Your Job is a Calling, Not Just a Career Faithfulness is an Investment in Your Spiritual Growth

8. 1. Your Job is a Calling, Not Just a Career The third servant's failure - We often ignore or neglect the small, everyday opportunities for growth and service.

9. 1. Your Job is a Calling, Not Just a Career His fear of risk and failure led to inactivity, which stunted his potential for transformation .

10. 1. Your Job is a Calling, Not Just a Career When we are faithful in small acts, we are not just doing something for God, but allowing those actions to mold and transform our hearts .

11. 1. Your Job is a Calling, Not Just a Career These small acts shape our character over time, making us more like Christ.

12. 2 . God Sees the Heart Behind Your Work The Blessing of Unimportant : Faithfulness in Unimportant often leads to growth in ways we cannot immediately see. God rewards those who are faithful, whether they are serving in the limelight or behind the scenes.

13. 2 . God Sees the Heart Behind Your Work This challenges us to stop comparing our progress or outcomes with others . Our faithfulness is what matters most to God .

14. 2 . God Sees the Heart Behind Your Work 1 Samuel 16:7 …t he Lord looks at the heart." God cares about the motivation behind your work, not just the outcome.

15. 2 . God Sees the Heart Behind Your Work Work with integrity, honesty, and a desire to honor God in everything you do.

16. God Will Reward Your Faithful Work 1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

17. Like a gardener planting seeds, your work has eternal significance, even if it's unseen.

18. Trust that God sees your efforts and will honor your faithfulness in His timing.

19. 2 . God Sees the Heart Behind Your Work The joy and rewards are in obedience, not in comparison .

20. 3 . Work Is an Opportunity to Serve Others Matthew 20:26-28 26  Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,  27  and whoever wants to be first must be your slave—  28  just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

21. 3 . Work Is an Opportunity to Serve Others Work is about how we serve others. Jesus modeled servant leadership. Every role is an opportunity to serve others—whether in a classroom, hospital, or office.

22. 3 . Work Is an Opportunity to Serve Others Look for opportunities to bless others through your work, and represent Christ in how you interact.

23. 3 . Work Is an Opportunity to Serve Others A Call to Cultivate What You’ve Been Given - The parable emphasizes that stewardship is not passive.

24. 3 . Work Is an Opportunity to Serve Others We are expected to actively invest our lives, cultivating the gifts we've been given. Spiritual growth and service are not automatic —they require active, intentional engagement.

25. 3 . Work Is an Opportunity to Serve Others Ang matag-usa gihatagan og lain- laing mga kahimtang , apan ang pagpaabot mao ra gihapon : paghimo og butang nga may kahulogan gikan sa imong gipanag-iya , bisan pa man unsa kini ka gamay o murag walay kahulugan .

26. 4 . Let Your Work Reflect Christ to the World Philippians 2:14-15 Do everything without grumbling or arguing." Your work is a testimony to the world. Reflect Christ through your attitude and actions.

27. 4 . Let Your Work Reflect Christ to the World See your workplace as a mission field and use your work as an opportunity to point others to Christ.

28. 4 . Let Your Work Reflect Christ to the World 21 & 23  “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’ Matthew 25:21&23

29. Conclusion Commit to seeing your job as a calling, an opportunity to serve, and a chance to reflect Christ.

30. Conclusion Sa gingharian sa Dios, ang epekto sa matinuoron nga pagdumala lapad kaayo , ug usahay sa mga paagi nga dili nato masabtan karon . Ang gagmay nga mga pagpamuhunan sa panahon , kusog , ug mga kahimtang mahimong magbunga sa umaabot , o basin sa kinabuhi sa uban nga dili nato makita .

31. Conclusion 1 Corinthians 10:31 – "Do it all for the glory of God. "

32. Do you see your job as a “partnership with God”? Why or why not? What changes do you think God wants you to make in your attitude about your work?