This is one the times I have to love the truth when I do not like the truth.
Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh,
with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;
Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers;
but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; Ephesians 6:5-6
And, He didn’t stop there.
The Bible mentions it several times, here’s another:
Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers;
but in singleness of heart, fearing God: Colossians 3:22
I’m struggling with this right this minute, as I write this. My fingers are typing a bit hard.
I really do not like this situation that I have to be humble before this boss.
Here is yet another verse that responds yet again to my struggle:
Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle,
but also to the froward. 1 Peter 2:18
She is wrong lots of times. She often is ruled by policies that she interprets her way.
Not to mention, she is dismissive of my opinions and enjoys the power and control she has.
And, You still want me to bow to her? I do not like this.
My upper bosses are not that way, but I can’t take refuge in them, they want me to get along with her.
I’m not smarter than my boss because of me.
I’m smarter than my boss because Jesus has given me wisdom.
She does not have godly wisdom.
She is not considerate of many things that, to me, are elementary.
When a man’s ways please the Lord, He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. Proverbs 16:7
We are usually there, but right now, I’m struggling.
One example is this boss writes things on my calendar instead of asking me when it would work for me.
She thinks I should use my computer calendar and I don’t use it.
She can’t really tell me I have to, so she goes about this passive-aggressive style
of telling me she wrote something on my calendar.
She says, “I guess you’ll have to check your calendar,” with a grin.
The settings are created by the upper division, so I am going to check into see if I can block events from going on my calendar.
I have told her multiple times I do not use it.
She thinks I should, so she continues to put things on it without my consent.
It seems I shouldn’t be responsible to attend events or meetings when other people add things to my calendar
if I haven’t agreed to them.
The email sends me confirmations, but I usually do not respond to any of them unless I know in advance about the meeting.
Whether I’m right or wrong doesn’t really matter. The Lord wants me to submit and I do NOT like it.
He knows I don’t like it and I’m filled with this inner turmoil about obeying.
We all know what will happen if I don’t obey or submit to this boss.
It will get worse since I am then out of the will of God.
Maybe I’ll go home sick today. That will just prolong the agony.
I just remembered Romans 8:28. I need to see that in action: Thank You Jesus for Your mercy.
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God,
to them who are the called according to his purpose.