Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve.—Colossians 3:23-24
Three myths continue to persist among Christians who work in the marketplace.
The first myth, and probably the most damaging one, is that workplace Christian faith is about ethics, or doing the right thing. To be sure, Christians are to be ethical. In fact, Jesus calls us to move beyond mere ethics to a “second-mile” philosophy, doing the right thing in the right way with the right motives. Still, doing the right thing isn’t a defining characteristic for a workplace Christian. Members of other faiths do the right thing; members of no faith do the right thing. And sadly, Christians, like members of other faiths and members of no faith, often don’t do the right things. So, faith at work is not about ethics.
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