HANDLING WORK STRESS

Our work place is such an important part of our lives. Apart from bringing-in much needed finances, we spend a lot of time at work. At least ¼ of our day is at work. So how do we handling it?

• Is your work place a pressure cooker?
• How are the relationships at work? Are your colleagues helpful?
• What’s your boss like? Is he/she understanding?
• Are you overloaded and underpaid?
• Have you been misunderstood? Have you been falsely accused or wrongly treated?
• Is there preferential treatment and injustice?

So how do you handle pressures at work. God “What do you want me to do?”

Some keys that has helped since joining the work force in 1983 - working as engineer/manager with Tenaga Nasional and then serving the Lord as a pastor since 1994

a) Realize that God is in control and has a great destiny for you.

Rm.8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

God has got His best for you. God is in control. Yield to Him, and all things will work together for good. Your work place is part of God’s plan to fulfill your destiny. Realize the big picture in your life

b) Don’t be impulsive, do what God wants
You may be going through tough times but don’t respond impulsively. Know what God wants and do what God wants. Position yourself to hear what God is saying and do what God is saying.

It is in tough times that we grow spiritually. Difficult job situations enable us to trust Him and not rely on ourselves. It moulds our character, helps us relate with all kinds of people and grow in our decision making.

• Is God teaching you something through this situation?
• Does God want you to move or stay?
• Is the situation helping you grow spiritually?

c) Watch your Christian testimony
Your work place is a mission field. What we say, how we react is a reflection of Christ. You may be the only Christian that some of them would ever meet. You need to maintain your Christian testimony. Our work place is a strategic opportunity to impact people for Jesus

d) Release your problems to Christ
Cast you care on Him. Learn to commit your problems to God. As you pray, release it to Him

1 Pet.5:7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.

e) Be faithful and diligent
God requires us to be faithful and diligent in our work place, It was the faithful servant that was rewarded. Be an example in your work place.

f) Take care of yourself.

• Are you taking time to pray and feed on God’s Word?
• Are you part of a Cell Group where you can grow?
• Are you serving the Lord in your local church?
• Are you having a healthy diet and enough rest?

Rm.8:37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

You are more than a conqueror. Life’s struggles are instruments God uses to mould and shape us.