Jesus in the workplace

So you don't want to go to work today, I must admit I don't either. I didn't want to get up and take a shower and face the freezing temps of another day. Sit in an office, make phone calls, beg people to let me come do presentations and all this today, especially not now that I have 3 day weekends at my disposal. I don't know of many people who do want to go to work on Mondays. When I was in the full time ministry I despised Mondays, they were my hardest day. If I was apt to get depressed it would be on Monday. Sundays, I had my crew all together at Sunday School and worship, then at lunch and possibly at the house over the afternoon. Then, I had them back together for a Bible study at night. This is all followed up with a Monday of studying, and spending time in the word, with no kids around and no teenagers in my grasp. Yuck!
I must admit, I loved being full time and I definitely long for the day that I am full time again in the ministry. I long for the days of waking up and working and answering to God's people right here at Freedom Baptist Church and them only. But, I must work to pay bills and feed my family. I must, I must, I must.
I want to look at the life of Christ and how free spirited He was. I long to just cruise around and speak, share with the lost and do it all day every day. But, then I take a closer look at his life and He did have a stint as a carpenter helping His earthly father out and working. Jesus did make 132 public appearances in the Gospels and only ten of those appearances were somewhere other than the marketplace. He was constantly witnessing and sharing in the workplace setting, so what better place is there for us to share Christ?
"Isn't this the carpenter? Isn't this Mary's son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon? Aren't his sisters here with us?" And they took offense at him (Mark 6:3).
There you have it, one of the times when JEsus shared publicly He was taken lightly because He was considered simply a carpenter.
So if Jesus spent all of His time in the marketplace, then I guess we must too!
Thanks for reading and have a great day!