July 11, 2010
Ephesians 6:9
Looking back on 68 years of living life on planet earth,
I’ve had five employers that I’ve worked for. My first employer was H.E.B. and I was twelve years
old. After high school, I worked
for Cameron Mfg. Company, and my job was to do whatever was needed, including
drive the delivery truck. At the
age of twenty my next employer was the United States Army, and it was at this
point that I came closer to understanding the relationship of slave to
master. My next employer was Corn
Products were I worked cleaning furnaces and came out after an eight hour shift
with burnt white flour covering me inside and our. This was the job that paid for two years of college, and
then I married Jan and went to work for Camco, a company that made down-hole
valves for the oil field. One
again, I came close to understanding the role of slave to master, of all the
jobs that I had to that point, it was the pits. My final employer was 3M Company, where I spent forty
years of my life; I worked for two divisions, and twelve bosses.
We have visited the role of the employee but does the Bible
speak to the employer as well as the employee? The answer can be found in Ephesians 6:9, “Masters, do the same to them, and stop your threatening,
knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there
is no partiality with him.” You
may have the title of owner or boss, but God is clear you’re not the big dog,
you will answer to your Master in heaven. Remember that you will reap what you sow, and your
title or role is an appointment from your Master in heaven. If you have any doubt as to what
is written, let’s look at Colossians 4:1, “Masters,
treat your slaves justly and fairly, knowing that you have a Master in heaven.”
My observation is that an employer wanted one thing from his
employee and that is a return on their investment in them. All of my employers were in business to
make a profit and my goal was to participate in that at the level of my
assignment. Most of my employers
were just and fair, and most of the men I worked for were also just and fair, a
few will find out they had a Master in heaven.
From the Back Porch,
Bob Rice
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