There are many reasons for dissatisfaction in a workplace. Some can be attributed to the employer, and some to the employee. The only one we have control over is ourselves. We can choose to be dissatisfied, working for just a paycheck, or we can determine to make a difference.
 
Debbie, a friend of mine, was telling me of a conversation she had with an executive at a very large company that she knew from church. As this executive complained about her job, and the bureaucracy with which she was constantly struggling, Debbie began challenging her friend.
 
"God has obviously given you skill to rise to the level you have, and He wants you to maximize that skill and knowledge. You can't do that if you are known as someone unhappy," Debbie shared. "You are not working for that company, but instead you are working for the Lord."
 
According to Debbie, after a short conversation and some redirection, this executive left with a renewed passion for her job, and the realization that she had a purpose and a call to fulfill, and it was more important that just drawing a paycheck.
 
God made you unique, and not only gifted you with special talents and knowledge, but he knew in the beginning what work he prepared for you to do. Ephesians 2:10 teaches, "For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do."
 
Isn't it awesome to realize that it doesn't matter if that work is as the CEO of a large business, or cleaning toilets in a restaurant! If God made you for that task, it's important. Do it with all your heart, and remember for whom you really work.

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