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Loyalty

Loyalty. The American Heritage Dictionary defines it as “steadfast allegiance or faithfulness to a person, ideal, cause or duty.” It carries with it the concept of stability, determination, readiness to serve, willingness to submit our own rights to a cause greater than ourselves.

I’d like you to meet Carla, a modern-day woman of loyalty. Carla began her career in retail sales and proved herself so loyal that the family-owned company where she was first employed during high school promoted her to manager. After nine years in retail management with that company, she received a call from a former staff member who recommended her for a position as a customs broker, clearing freight into the United States for large corporations. Just a few years into her career in this high-pressure field, Carla was again promoted to management. She continues to demonstrate her loyalty to her employers not just in length of service, but more importantly, in the way she represents her company to customers:

I try to be friendly, interested in the clients I work with. I come in at the crack of dawn to get things done for customers, to meet their deadlines. If they call and say they need something delivered the next day, I will go home late just to get the job done. My fellow workers may think I’m crazy… but I’m being paid to do a job. Whether I am a supervisor on salary or being paid hourly wages, I take my job seriously. Would I only give half of what I can do for Christ? I don’t think so. Why, then, should it be any different for my employer? I firmly believe that I’m not working just for my boss. In a very real way, I’m working for Christ.

Carla doesn’t do a lot of talking about her faith. Instead, she works hard at living out her God-centered principles and lets her actions speak for themselves. She tells of a situation that occurred early in her career in customs clearance:

We had a big client—this was a prestigious, national account for our company. Although it was our client, our manager cleared some freight through customs. Unfortunately, this freight was not supposed to be cleared. Because of this error, the client was going to pull its entire business from our company. It would mean a big loss of revenue, with severe consequences to our terminal.

My boss had to fly to meet the client, to beg and plead for us to keep the account. A coworker and I took our lunch hour to pray that God would give our boss and colleagues the right things to say and the wisdom to save the account. I believe it was our duty to pray for the client, that God would soften their hearts.

Incidentally, that account is still thriving today. But the good outcome notwithstanding, Carla and her coworker’s example of loyalty is a quiet witness of just how we as believers truly ought to conduct ourselves in the workplace.

Reprinted by permission from Staying True in a World of Lies, copyright 2002 by Julie-Allyson Ieron. All rights reserved. For ordering information write to joymediaorders@aol.com. You may view Julie’s Web site at joymediaservices.com.

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