We’re in week four of our series, Built to Thrive at Work, and I pray that by now you’re realising that, no matter how stressful or difficult the environment is, you can experience God’s best if you work as worship to God. As believers in the workplace, Jesus is your true boss and you’re an agent on assignment for Him.

With that perspective, you can thrive even in the most toxic workplaces. Instead of fighting with the people at work or getting involved in office politics, you can fight the spiritual forces that come to destroy your workplace. How do you do this? Through prayer.

Prayer is the most underutilised resource on the planet. Last week, I mentioned that there is a spiritual battle happening at your job. It might not look obvious to you, but the devil does not want you to succeed at work, and he definitely doesn’t want you to share the joy and hope you have in Christ with others. So, he keeps you focused on the negatives or distracted with overwhelming tasks, or at odds with your co-workers. But, since Jesus is your ultimate boss, He gives you all the weapons you need to fight back.  This is exactly what Daniel did when he came under threat from his co-workers. If you know the account of Daniel and the lion’s den in Daniel 6, I want you to appreciate that it was a spiritual warfare scenario.