Urge slaves to obey their masters and to try their best to satisfy them. They must not talk back,
nor steal, but must show themselves to be entirely trustworthy. In this way they will make people want to believe in our Savior and God (Titus 2:9-10 TLB).
Sometimes I hear people say they don’t see how they can have any significant impact on their workplace because they are pretty low on the totem pole, with little authority to make change. "I’m just a worker," they say. They fail to realize that the authority to impact any workplace comes from having authority with God, not man. And each person can have great authority in God.
The apostle Paul was instructing Titus on how common workers on the island of Create could have an impact on their employers. These workers were often no more than slaves, working in deplorable conditions for masters who were likely involved in lawlessness, drunkenness and
idolatry. Not the nicest of working conditions.
Paul felt the way to win over your employer was to follow several key principles: 1) don’t talk back, 2) don’t steal, and 3) be trustworthy.
There is a great example of a young girl who worked for the wife of an army commander named Naaman. He had leprosy. The godly servant girl from Israel told her employer how he could get healed. What faith and boldness on the part of the servant girl!
"Now Naaman was commander of the army of the king of Aram. He was a great man in the sight of his master and highly regarded, because through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. He was a valiant soldier, but he had leprosy. Now bands from Aram had gone out and had taken captive a young girl from Israel, and she served Naaman's wife. She said to her
mistress, "If only my master would see the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy" (2 Kings 5:1-3).
Naaman followed the advice of the lowly servant girl. God healed him through Elisha. I can only imagine the conversations between the servant girl and her employers after this healing occurred.
How might God want to use you in your employer’s life?
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