Not Forgotten!

No one has been forgotten! He leaves no one alone. You are
not “that person in the third cubicle on the right”.

Sitting in one’s cubicle with the pressures of modern life
pressing in, being forgotten, or trying to forget God may be a thought that
crosses someone’s mind.

Have hope my friends!  Children are not forgotten. Each of them are
fearfully and wonderfully made for such a time as this. He knows each of their
names. While each of them reside for several hours a day in the cubicle He has
set in their hearts His thoughts, His word, and His path. In fact, He has
appointed them to speak in His name. By name He has called you. By name he
sends you – in this case, to your workplace.

Comfort His people. Speak tenderly to them. Serve them. Seek
first the kingdom and His righteousness.

Even if you feel you’ve been forgotten consider this, “Be
still and know that I am God”. You can’t get away from the fact that He’s still
God. He’s still living and active daily in your life whether He is acknowledge
or not. Therein lies hope.

The water may flood. The tornado may still devastate. The
rain may fall on the just and unjust. He is still God. You are not forgotten.
He is still God!

Crisis

Inevitably, there will one day be somebody at work who gets one of those phone calls that nobody wants to get – somebody is in jail, someone was caught cheating, the bill collector is at the house, a child got hurt, or some other instance that requires immediate attention by the coworker.

If you’ve had an opportunity to set yourself apart as one who cares, and prays as the Lord leads, then your coworker in crisis will come to you in that time of situational distress.  Those dreaded calls/family emergencies are no fun and they will more than likely seek someone out for support. It will be you. This may not happen immediately, but it will happen.

They will come to you because they know you are a person who prays and who, in their eyes, God listens to in prayer. Take that opportunity to pray for them and let them know that you are available to pray with them again later if they would like.

Don’t leave it there though. Without preaching to them, use the opportunity also to let them know that they can pray on their own too because God listens to everybody. Reminding them of this might just spur them in their own spiritual journey. But, make sure they understand that you are available to pray, that you’re not dusting them off.

These crisis situations happen. As a result, I’ve prayed with several co-workers over the years.  In my cases, the prayers have usually been short, direct to the point prayers. Shortness is not a formula though.  Pray as the Lord leads. It may be awkward at first, but pray.

In every case, eventually each of the people have come back to me and told me that they appreciated me taking the time to listen to them and to pray, that it meant a lot to them. That’s nice to have that affirmation. But, don’t seek that kind of a response – it may never come. The point isn’t to get a pat on the back. It’s to love on the sheep (your coworkers) in prayer.