Workplace Witnessing (Part V)

Work Excellence 卓越精神

"In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king questioned them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in the whole kingdom." Daniel 1:20

"Now Daniel so distinguished himself among the administrators and the satraps by his exceptional qualities that the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.” Dan 6:3

在工作，品格上卓越

Workplace witnessing involves excelling in your work and character. Excel in your product or service. Be helpful. Help solve problems. Be a team player （具有团体精神）.

But note that it is not enough to Excel, for even the pagans do that (eg. Japanese) and we might be doing it for ourselves (eg promotion, pay raise). While excelling in our work, we MUST make known our identity that we are Christians (straight telling them, bible on your desk, refrain from pagan practices like 4D, drinking, entertainment). 回到第一点。

And then, we can tell them the reason why we excel is because our God demands excellence, hardwork. He Himself is a God of excellence. Look at His creation!

Character Excellence 品格上卓越

"...tried to find grounds for charges against Daniel in his conduct of government affairs, but they were unable to do so. They could find no corruption in him because he was trustworthy and neither corrupt nor negligent." Daniel 6:4

Be trustworthy, not corrupt, not negligent.  It naturally attracts people to you and wonder why you are doing what you are doing. And this is where you can point them to a perfectly righteous, trustworthy God.

Don’t Cut Corners! 不要偷工减料

The reason why we display integrity is because our God is a righteous God of integrity. We love, we help because our God is a loving God who commands us to love our neighbours as ourselves. We should not cut corners. Don’t lie. Don’t take a bribe. Be righteous in your dealings.


I believe Satan’s number one strategy is to defeat Christians in the workplace, make them ineffective in their workplace witness. This is why many cite they would rather not do business with a Christian. 

I believe this trend will change as we become better equipped to see our work as a ministry and calling. We have so segmented our work lives from our faith lives that we have allowed the culture to encourage us that ethics and integrity are not important when compared to the bottom line. That is why we got into the problem with the Enron’s and Worldcom’s of the world. Remember, integrity is defined by what you do when no one is looking.