Regarding Titus, how do I apply this to myself?
Live the Golden Rule! The other day I dropped something in the grocery store that I was going to buy. I put it on the shelf, since it had been on the floor after all, and I was going to grab another one that had not been on the floor, that I knew about. But then I thought about the "Golden Rule." I bought the one that I had dropped.
Regarding Titus, how do I apply this to my community?
A devoted follower of Jesus is unpopular in many work environments. Reading your Bible at lunch hour is enough to disturb certain employees or bosses. Something I discovered a long time ago, however, is that there is always a shortage of hard workers. I think the best compliment a worker can have is to be asked to come back to a job after you have resigned it. That has happened to me for three major jobs, and I accredit God with motivating me to work hard, which became part of my Christian witness. Once after I left my job as a paralegal, I was offered the job of my previous supervisor, Jim, by Jim himself. He had been promoted, and was at that time overseeing whoever worked in his old position. What an incredible compliment. He knew I worked hard. Maybe he even knew that I did so because of my Christian ethic. If you have a job to do, do it well, and it will assist your Christian witness, even if there are some who will not notice.
Hunter Irvine
