Are you a person who, at your place of work, has a supervisor, boss, one to whom you are accountable? Perhaps you are the supervisor. Some of you are both at the same time. The Small Catechism points to Ephesians 6:5-9 to show what ought to be the relationship between workers of all kinds and those who supervise. I wrote the following two hymn stanzas in order to learn, and help teach others, the lesson.
To Workers of All Kinds
Your supervisor is a lord;
Obey him as you would the Lord;
Do more for him than what you must;
Be true to him and earn his trust;
The good you do for him today,
The Lord tomorrow will repay.
To Employers and Supervisors
The same applies: Do not be stern,
But for your workers show concern;
As is the Lord, impartial be;
For good, use your authority;
While diff'rent duties here remain,
To Him on high we are the same.
Now imagine what the workplace could be like if both worker and supervisor were to act in these ways! God help you to be such a worker or supervisor, or both.
