Latest / Prayer Before Work / S01E20-Especially "That" Person
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- Sean Graver: Welcome back and good morning. I am glad you're starting your day here where we slow things down just for a couple of minutes and we bring this day to God before the first thing on our to-do list or on the calendar. So here we go. We're going to start in Romans chapter 12 verses 17 and 18 that says, do not repay anyone evil for evil and be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone. If it is possible. as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. I want to stay on that phrase for a second, as far as it depends on you. I think the Apostle Paul is being pretty realistic here. ⁓ He's not saying that everyone will be easy. He is saying to do your part as far as it depends on you. That qualifier is both a permission and a challenge. And we've talked before about selflessness at work, noticing people around you, maybe putting someone else's win ahead of yours. But that's easier when you actually like the people you're doing it for. But this episode is about the harder version. The person who gets under your skin, the one who takes credit or maybe creates conflict, which just has a way of making the whole room feel a bit heavier. the one whose name you recognize when I say that person. Selflessness with that person is a different, it's a different level. It doesn't mean you become a doormat or pretend that all the dynamics are just fine. It means you decide before you see that person today that as far as it depends on you, you're gonna bring your best self to that relationship. And not because they've earned it, but because you've already decided who you are going to be. So let's pray. God, there's someone in my work life right now that I find genuinely difficult. Now, my natural instinct is to match their energy or just keep my distance, but help me to do neither. Help me to bring patience and good faith to that relationship today, not because it's easy or because they've made it simple, but because that's who I want to be. as far as it depends on me. Let me be a person of peace today, even with that person, especially with that person. Only you can make that possible. So I am asking in Jesus name. Amen. Go make today count.