Msg: Business Unusual - Tough Choices

In part two of our series on Business Unusual, we dug deeper into the idea of living out our values in the workplace the same as we do in other relationships in our lives.

In the first part of the message, we looked at the question of what we do when we are asked to do things which violate our beliefs as immoral or unethical. We looked at the idols we bow to and the long term losses we face when we try to live in two different worlds - when we allow some things as "just part of business" that we wouldn't do in other settings. We were reminded from a familiar story from the Old Testament, that God is the one in control of our lives, not those around us. It's the same today in the place we work at.

In the last part of the message, we looked at our responsibilities as employers or bosses to the people God has allowed to come under our authority and care for a time. We looked at the kind of environment we should work to establish and the how to remain competitive while not ignoring God's call to be different.

I pray that no matter where you fit on the spectrum between "slave" and "master" in your work setting, you find encouragement as you listen.