Loyalty Makes You Stand Out at Work

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Loyalty Makes You Stand Out at Work By Rick Warren — 03/22/2024 "Joseph was a very handsome and well-built young man, and Potiphar's wife soon began to look at him lustfully. 'Come and sleep with me,' she demanded. But Joseph refused. 'Look,' he told her, 'my master trusts me with everything in his entire household . . . He has held back nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How could I do such a wicked thing?'" Genesis 39:6-9 (NLT) Loyalty is a quality that is in short supply in our society today. It seems like nobody is loyal to anything anymore. There's no such thing as brand loyalty. And most people aren't loyal to companies or bosses or leaders. They're loyal to themselves. Loyalty is an old-fashioned quality. But when a person exhibits a rare quality like loyalty, that person gets promoted. It makes you stand out! Loyalty is being faithful—whether it's to your boss or to God or to someone else—when difficulty tests your commitment. It's easy to be loyal when everything is going great, but when the ship goes into the storm, that's when real loyalty comes out. And because God is more interested in your character than your career, your loyalty will be tested in your work. In the middle of those storms, he's seeing if he can trust you with greater responsibility in heaven. Joseph had a tough test. The Bible says, "Joseph was a very handsome and well-built young man, and Potiphar's wife soon began to look at him lustfully. 'Come and sleep with me,' she demanded. But Joseph refused. 'Look,' he told her, 'my master trusts me with everything in his entire household . . . He has held back nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How could I do such a wicked thing?'" (Genesis 39:6-9 NLT). Now that's loyalty! Joseph's got a beautiful woman throwing herself at him, reassuring him, "You think I'm going to tell my husband? Are you kidding me? Nobody's going to know. You can have your cake and eat it too. You can be the master, and we can have a fling. It'll be great. No harm, no foul!" I'm sure Potiphar was an imperfect boss because every boss is imperfect. I'm sure Joseph probably disagreed with his boss a lot of the time because they were both human. Nobody gets it right all of the time. But Joseph still turned her down because of loyalty to his boss. He honored the trust that had been placed in him by his master. God looks at that kind of loyalty and goes, "That's the kind of person I'm going to promote." Don't you want God to say the same about you? PLAY today's audio teaching from Pastor Rick >> Talk It Over Why does God want you to exhibit loyalty at your business and with your boss? Why is it important for a loyal person to also be consistent? What do you want to accomplish in your work or career? How might being loyal to your company help you accomplish that? Will you follow Jesus today? The Bible says you can only get to heaven by trusting in God's Son, Jesus Christ. You can't earn your way into heaven: "It is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast" (Ephesians 2:8-9 NIV). If you're ready to commit your life to Jesus, start by praying this prayer: "Dear God, you have promised that if I believe in your Son, Jesus Christ, everything I've ever done wrong will be forgiven, I will learn the purpose of my life, and you will accept me into your eternal home in heaven one day. "I confess I have sinned, and I ask for your forgiveness. I believe that Jesus died to take away my sins and that you raised him to life. I want to trust Jesus as my Savior and follow him as Lord from this day forward. Guide my life and help me to do your will. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen." If you just prayed to accept Jesus, please email me at Rick@PastorRick.com and let me know about it. I'd like to send you some free materials to help you start your journey with Jesus. The post Loyalty Makes You Stand Out at Work appeared first on Pastor Rick's Daily Hope.

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