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Most of us dread Monday morning. I often hear comments like "It has been Monday morning all day." Upon asking a coworker how they feel on this first day back to work, I typically hear, "It is Monday morning, isn't it?" Why do we so often drag ourselves into Monday? Perhaps it is because the oasis of a weekend full of family, recreation, and generally fun activities come to an abrupt halt when the alarm clock sounds off on Monday morning. Certainly our reluctance to break with these coveted times is understandable. But could there be an explanation that goes deeper - to the very heart of who we are as Christians? Could there be a dark side to this question that many of us have not faced? Sunday morning you leaped out of bed preparing for worship and fellowship with other believers. You put on your best attire and made your way to church. You worshipped, prayed, and maybe you even taught a Sunday school class. Great! But now on Monday things are different. Although you wear the same dress or suit that you wore to church the previous day, your countenance has changed. You are going to work, not to church. Life is different at work, right? You can't act like you do at church because the world of work demands that you behave a certain way to get ahead, right? If you have made these statements, then you have answered the Monday morning mystery. I believe part of the reason we dread Monday morning is that we have accepted the above statements as true. We lead a double life! We actually believe that our work lives are separate from our life of following Christ. We have bought into the lie that says to succeed you must behave in ways that dishonor God. On the heels of a day of worshipping the one true God and marveling in His majesty we awaken to the reality of our double life. There is a word for this unpleasant circumstance - sin. If you are caught in this trap, then major alarms should be sounding at this moment. Please hear these words from my heart. We Christians can seek God's forgiveness and find redemption for our disobedience. I encourage you to ask God for forgiveness right now! Then seek to unify your life into one that pursues God consistently, regardless of the day of the week and regardless of your venue. Christians must personify Christ daily for the world of lost souls who need to find Christ. If they ever see the gospel in action, they will have to see it in us. Those lost souls show up for work on Monday mornings just like we do. And we must accept the fact that they watch their Christian counterparts. Non-believers are evidence seekers, mining our lives to see if we reveal the pure gold of God or the fool's gold of the world. God must shed a tear when one of His own causes a non-believer
to say, "Did you see how Joe treated me? And he says he is a
Christian!" Examine your actions while at work. Is your life
at work consistent with God's command to love one another? Does
your life bear the look of His love? |