Demonstrating God-Given Problem-Solving and Stewardship in Practice
As a Clinical Operations Supervisor, I have numerous responsibilities, including managing both clinical and administrative functions, as well as interacting with patients. This interdisciplinary job requires the candidate to be a medical expert and a leader simultaneously. The position makes me exercise stewardship because all my responsibilities revolve around caring for the organization, its employees, and patients.
One of my recent job tasks was to provide training for new employees. This was an opportunity to experience dominion because superiority over new workers and the opportunity to teach them new skills and knowledge allowed them to exercise dominion. As Grudem wrote, God allows people to hire others for the more excellent production of goods or other things. Moreover, working in medicine and treating people demonstrates a God-given desire to solve problems. The problem is a person’s disease, and the solution is a medical treatment that relies on the Clinical Operations Supervisor’s optimal performance.
Glorifying God Through Employer–Employee Relationships and Mutual Benefit
God’s will regarding employment is to hire one another to produce more significant goods, which is why he placed humankind on Earth. Grudem writes that God wants humans to “subdue and multiply the Earth’s resources,” which sometimes requires more than one person. People need to work together to glorify God by utilizing Earth’s resources and replenishing them.
Employer-employee relationships are also a form that helps people work together on tasks to produce more goods. Moreover, the Bible says that “every worker should earn his wage.” Grudem wrote that it is beneficial for employers and employees to have work relationships. The reason is that an employer receives help in completing tasks that glorify God, and an employee is paid in addition to participating in a God-glorifying job. My case is not an exception because my employer and I benefit from earning money in the healthcare business, and the organization serves God’s will by caring for humans – God’s most remarkable creation. Therefore, I believe I can glorify God by doing my job, which is mutually beneficial for my employer and me.
Reference
Grudem, W. (2003). Business for the glory of God. Crossway Books. Chapters 2-3.