Undercover Boss

I saw a bit of a programme last night which I’ve not seen before. Something called Undercover Boss. It was a touching reality show where the CEO of a construction company worked for a fortnight on one or two building sites in order to experience how the employees felt about working for the company, how they were treated, and how they worked.

The CEO found it an eye-opener, and when he got back to his office he immediately called a Board meeting and initiated some fundamental changes. He promoted a few people whose potential he felt had been underrated or overlooked. He put into place some systems that would ensure that employees no longer felt undervalued. When a large employer in the area closed down and laid off a substantial-sized work force, he called together his nervous employees to give them the good news of contracts they had recently been awarded and to reassure them of at least a few years’ employment as a result.

He lifted the morale and put a new spring in his employees’ steps.

Jesus came to earth as an undercover boss. He was born into a poor family, and walked alongside the most marginalised and poorest people in the population. He worked as a carpenter. He had a mother and siblings, friends ... and enemies. He knew how it felt to be treated unfairly, to be mocked, to be rejected. He knew how it felt to be lonely, to be in pain, to be killed.

And then he transformed the human experience so that the final word isn’t death, but is everlasting life, because he lived, died and rose again. 

Talk about feeling valued! The king of kings died for me. And you. Incredible, isn’t it? 

It sure lifts my morale, puts a spring in my step and a song in my heart. Even on a cold, snowy February day. 

God is good. Jesus is Lord. Thank God for that!