I guess for my next post, looking for some encouraging words of wisdom. I am disgusted I work for a place, and one of the biggest tech companies of the world, who prides itself on gay and trans junk. Showing the colors, sending out the pride emails. Makes it worse for me is that one of my coworkers is gay and she married her... wife.
I thought my state recognizes one man/woman in union. Guess now it does not.
So I am a Christian working in a place that supports, recognizes, accepts this type of sin. I do not. If I met a trans and knew their REAL gender, they be the REAL gender and I will call out at such. I do not take in their, "I identify as such, so you call me as I am" excuse because I too can pull that as saying, "I identify as a child of God who said ages ago how sinful you are living and how He created you to be who you were you meant to be, now as you want to be" line, but of course it be... well in truth I would say a lot more than that, HAHAHA.
FYI, I am not just anti-conformity to the "system" but I am also one know throughout the ages to disobey and not follow certain orders given to me because it goes against my nature, belief, or ethics and morals. Never been fired yet over them, but you never know with my mouth.
So I am looking at how to hold my head up, or say what I should, even in front of them "higher ups" when they talk about how the company and "its people" are prideful in accepting the differences of society. All this when I know it is disgusting, wrong, unnatural, and plain out just mentally sick.
These smiley things fun....
The most powerful thing about you as a Christian in a workplace like that is to shine for Christ in the way you work and interact with your workmates. If you radiate love, peace, joy, gentleness, kindness, faithfulness (to your employer), goodness, patience and self control, then you will shine as a light to them without you having to lecture them about Christ or their sins. You may not realise it, but as a Christian, those unbelievers are observing you very closely to see if your life matches your profession of Christianity.
It is one thing working in a comfortable cocoon with other believers, but your Christian faith will prove itself when you find yourself in a situation where you are surrounded by evil, yet are shining like a light in the darkness. In Revelation, Jesus talks about people who are maintaining their faith right next to the seat of Satan! That's about a close as they can get to evil, and yet their faithfulness to God is shining like a beacon for good.
Jesus became a friend to the tax collectors, sinners, and prostitutes. He mixed freely with them. The religious folk criticised Him for it, and He said that He has not come to save the righteous, but the unrighteous and sinner. A doctor has not come to cure healthy people, but to cure those who are sick. We can be friends to sinners, but not friends of their sin. I can talk to a transvestite on the street and be a friend to him, but that doesn't mean that I have to be a transvestite as well.
I suggest to you that your struggle in your workplace is because you need to be more sure of your own faith. This can only come through prayer, study of God's Word, and growth in grace. When you know where you stand with Christ, you can go into Hell itself and mix with demons, and not have your own faith threatened.
Also, you are being paid by your employer to do a job of work. This means that you need to be totally faithful to your employer and do the job as best as you can. The workplace is not for evangelism, or discussing sin, righteousness and judgment with your unbelieving workmates. It is a place where you do your job well, and through the goodness of your conduct toward all, and the acts of kindness you do for your workmates, your faith will have an impression on them. It is not what you say to them, because words are cheap, but it is what you do in relation to your job and how you relate to your workmates. Success in the job does not always depend on technical expertise, but how you relate to your boss and workmates.
Even those fellow workers make a big deal of their sinful lifestyles, they will respect your goodness and will not put you down for being a decent, godly human being. But they will give you a hard time and be disrespectful to you if you continue to Bible bash them. Save your preaching for the church meetings and street evangelism because that is where it belongs.
Do your job well, do more than expected of you. Volunteer for overtime when no one else will. Do the garbage jobs that others don't to do. Buy morning coffee/tea refreshments for your workmates. Visit sick workmates in hospital. Be prepared to give assistance to anyone, even though it inconveniences you. When you supervisor rebukes you because you made an error, take it in humility and not argue back. Behave as if you have no rights, and be a slave for Christ. Don't moan about the management, treat your boss as if he or she is the best boss you have ever worked with (even if you don't believe it). That is not lying; it is strategy to show that you are the best employee that boss has ever had. That is being a powerful Christian in the workplace. If you conduct yourself in that way, keep your mouth shut when tempted to preach to them, be brief and to the point when answering questions about Christianity (which will come if they see that you are different from the others), without allowing those conversations to interfere with your work.
If you observe those principles, you will be surprised at how the workplace will change for you. You will also be surprised at the greatest respect your workmates will have for you, and how satisfying your job will become. And don't be surprised if the boss comes along and offers promotion at some future stage.
There is a good book that has helped me. It is called "Conduct Expected". This shows how to conduct yourself as an employee in the workplace. Here is the Amazon link:
https://www.amazon.com/Conduct-Expected-Century-William-Lareau/dp/0832905143
