Vocational Idolatry
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In today’s world, it is easy to get caught up in the American mindset of working hard and moving up in our job as a measure of success. While these things are not inherently bad, they become an issue when they overtake our relationship with God and our family. What happens is that we become so focused on achieving success that we will do anything it to takes to get there, even if that means conforming to the world and compromising our values. In the process, we end up shutting out God and our family. Author Jerry Bridges says, “Based on Paul’s warning in 1 Corinthians 7:31, I define worldliness as being attached to, engrossed in, or preoccupied with the things of this temporal life” (Bridges, 166). It can be difficult to work in the business world where so much of your time is spent focusing on goals and achievement. You are praised when you meet the goals, but put down when you don’t. For this reason, it is extremely important that our identity is planted firmly in Christ and not in our work. A job can come and go at any moment, especially right now with the COVID-19 pandemic wreaking havoc on businesses in all industries. As you go about your week, take some time to consider where your heart lies. Where are you finding your identity? Check out the article linked below to learn more about how you can identify vocational idolatry in your own life and how you can avoid it.
Works Cited
Bridges, Jerry. Respectable Sins: Confronting the Sins We Tolerate. Colorado Springs, CO: NavPress, 2007.
