I am Only Doing My Job!

     Today there are so many Christians who feel that, "Doing their Job" is justification to the behavior they have towards others.  Can you imagine if this excuse was valid with God?  Who then would be guilty of their actions.  One of the first people who believed in this type of behaviour is found in the New Testament.  The High Priest when plotting to have Jesus arrested and killed, justified his actions by saying,

John 11:49

  But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, You have no knowledge of anything;

John 11:50

You do not see that it is in your interest for one man to be put to death for the people, so that all the nation may not come to destruction.



     Another person who did the I am only "Doing my Job." was Pontious Pilate,

 

Matthew 27:24So when Pilate saw that he was able to do nothing, but that trouble was working up, he took water and, washing his hands before the people, said, The blood of this upright man is not on my hands: you are responsible.

     Will these actions and the actions of others be immunity when Christ returns?  A police officer or public official who claims himself to be "doing his job" may not be immune to the punishment of God.  For example, President Obama who claims that he as a president is fighting for the rights of all people has stated that he is for Same Sex marriage.  Even though such beliefs are contrary to the Bible, it is easy for him to say, that my beliefs and my job are 2 different things.

     If this was valid in the sight of God than Christians or so called Christians can get away with murder.  Which I believe some have, ie. some of our Military Campaigns.  God will judge each person according to their works, and if it is their Job that has caused them to become and believe and act unrighteously God will judge that accordingly. 

     It would have been easy for Daniel to not get thrown into the Lions Den or for Shadrach, Meshach and Abendego not to be thrown into the fire if they just did what the King wanted them to do.  Being public officials they could have easily justified their actions before God and the people by saying, they are only "Doing their Job."  Yet, they were much wiser than that and knew that God would not give them immunity for "Doing their job." 

     We need to remember that maybe we have the job we have so that we can honor, protect and do the things God wants us to do.  As Mordcai said to his neice Esther, "For you do not know, Esther whether God may have placed you authority for such a time as this." (PARAPHRASED)

     Let us obey God and follow Him even if it costs us our Job.  Peter said it well, "You decide for yourselves this day what is better, to follow God or obey man."