{"id":767,"date":"2007-01-09T20:10:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-10T03:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.195.124.95\/~redletu4\/should-you-quit-your-job-2\/"},"modified":"2007-01-09T20:10:00","modified_gmt":"2007-01-10T03:10:00","slug":"should-you-quit-your-job-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/should-you-quit-your-job-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Should you quit your job?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\u201cQuite often we change jobs, friends and spouses instead of ourselves.\u201d
\u2014 Akbarali Jetha<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The typical American spends eight or more hours<\/a> a day at work but that\u2019s just the start of it. Add up the commute time, the time spent in personal preparation, and the time decompressing in the evening and you\u2019ll find that work consumes a majority of your waking hours.<\/p>\n

It is no wonder that work can invade even our quietest moments. How many nights have you stretched out on your bed, wide awake, replaying the day\u2019s events? You recall the criticisms being thrown around, the personality clashes, the seemingly impossible deadlines, and the overbearing bosses.<\/p>\n

Then a thought begins to worm its way in between your ears. An innocent notion that flies in from out of nowhere, just a quiet whisper, \u201cI\u2019ve got to find something better.\u201d And for some of us this errant thought can take on a much darker tone. \u201cI can\u2019t stand this place<\/a>.\u201d Many of us can hear Johnny Paycheck singing the chorus of his anti-workplace anthem<\/a>. \u201cI want to quit my job,\u201d you hear the voice say!<\/p>\n

For many of us, the job feels as if it has become a cruel form of punishment, our own personal prison where we are serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. We\u2019re told what to do and how to do it. We\u2019re told when to take a break and when to eat. The warden with his keys strolls past the cubicle to make sure the work is being done. Deviation from the norm results in punishment. You long for contact with the outside world, for a bit of sunshine, a ray of hope.<\/p>\n

So should you quit your job?<\/a><\/p>\n

For the believer this becomes a tough question. We should never make decisions based just on money \u2013 since we know that these decisions are rarely based on giving God honor. And we shouldn\u2019t walk just because we can\u2019t get along, since that destroys the concept of inter-personal relationships that God has redeemed.<\/p>\n

What do you think? Post a comment<\/strong>. Let\u2019s talk about when it is appropriate to leave a job.
Or, what does it take to \u2018take this job and LOVE it?\u2019<\/p>\n

** David Rupert
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\u201cSo why do you call me \u2018Lord,\u2019 when you won\u2019t obey me? I will show you what it\u2019s like when someone comes to me, listens to my teaching, and then obeys me.\u201d
\u2014 Luke 6:46-47 NIV<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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