Don't waste you life - Chapter 8

So this chapter is about making much of Christ in you job. It talks about how you don't have to have a "church vocation" to be able to glorify Christ through your work. I'm glad we read this chapter because I have actually thought about this before, because I've never really seen myself as being a full time missionary or some type of church leader. That's just never been the direction I wanted to go with my life and sometimes I've thought to myself Is it a bad thing to not want to have a "churchy" job? Obviously the answer is no, it's fine. You just have to make sure you honor God in you workplace and just because your job doesn't revolve around God doesn't mean you can't make him present through your attitude or actions. God tells us to be "in the world" but not "of the world." (John 17:15-16) So that right there is a free invitation to have a "secular job" just make sure we don't start to get pulled away or drug down spiritually by the job. Also the bible says "And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him." (Collosians 3:17) Although your job isn't directly connected to God you should work as though God is your boss and you want to honor him through obedience of your worldy boss.