How to Choose Your next Job From a Christian Perspective

Twelve Questions to consider

1. Can you earnestly do all the parts of this job “to the glory of God,” that is, in a way that highlights his superior value over all other things? "So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God." 1 Corinthians 10:31

2. Is taking this job part of a strategy to grow in personal holiness? "For this is the will of God, your sanctification." 1 Thessalonians 4:3

3. Will this job help or hinder your progress in esteeming the value of knowing Christ Jesus your Lord? "I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord." Philippians 3:8

4. Will this job result in inappropriate pressures on you to think or feel or act against your King, Jesus? "You were bought with a price; do not become bondservants of men. 1 Corinthians 7:23

5. Will this job help establish an overall life-pattern that will yield a significant involvement in fulfilling God’s great purpose of exalting Christ among all the unreached peoples of the world?

6. Will this job be worthy of your best energies? "Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might." Ecclesiastes 9:10

7. Will the activities and environment of this job tend to shape you, or will you be able to shape it for the Christ-magnifying purposes of God? "Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind." Romans 12:2

8. Will this job provide an occasion for you to be radically Christian so as to let your light shine for your Father’s sake, or will your participation in the vision of the business tend by definition to snuff your wick? “Let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.” Matthew 5:16

9. Does the aim of this job cohere with a growing intensity in your life to be radically, publicly, fruitfully devoted to Christ at any cost? “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.” Mark 8:34

10. Will the job feel like a good investment of your life when these “two seconds” of preparation for eternity are over? "You are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes." James 4:14

11. Does this job fit with why you believe you were created and purchased by Christ? “Everyone who is called by my name . . . I created for my glory.” Isaiah 43:7

12. Does this job fit together with the ultimate truth that all things exist for Christ? "For by him all things . . . were created through [Christ] and for him." Colossians 1:16

I hope you can tell from this that there are few easy answers when asking about what job to pursue. The aim here is not to make it easy, but to make it Christ-centered, Christ-exalting, and Christ-empowered. If your heart is right on these kinds of questions, God will guide you. Seek him supremely in these ways, and let your heart be your guide. https://www.desiringgod.org/ar...

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