Dealing with Authority (Ephesians 6: 5-9)

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Episode Notes:  Dealing with Authority (Ephesians 6: 5-9)

Do we work better when the boss is watching? What motivates us to work when the boss is not watching? I myself have been an employee and an employer.  I've been the boss, and I've been the one under someone else's authority. I've been an employed team manager, an owner of a company that employed others, and a Pastor of a church. 

So, what determines our actions and our attitudes at work?

When it comes to the secular workplace, in my experience, it seems to me that most people work for financial reasons. However, it is not just the desire for that money that determines what people do. Other factors can be things like how much they are appreciated by their bosses and their relationship with fellow workers.

I personally don’t believe that any of these motivations are wrong in themselves. Working for money or the approval of others or even to accept a higher-paying job if one comes along, all those motivations are perfectly legitimate. 

What I want to ask today is what our spiritual motivation should be?  

As believers in Jesus Christ, are there spiritual reasons for how we should approach work, or for how we behave if we are given authority over others?

As we've been going through the book of Ephesians, we have come to a passage that addresses these very issues. This passage is helpful as it speaks to those who are working under authority, and then it turns around and also speaks to those who are in positions of authority. 

These verses tell us what our actions and our attitudes at work should be like, whether we are in charge or under someone else’s authority.

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