day 387: Telecommuting

Telecommuting is the fancy word for working at home. For the people who do work remotely, I have great admiration. It takes real commitment, self-motivation and organization skills to stay focused and highly productive when not in an office. Not to say that there is automatically high productivity just because someone works in an office or around others. But it is hard for sure when out of the office to not get distracted and caught up in other things when the phone is ringing, errands to be done, or just beautiful outside. Because of this, many companies don’t allow everyone to telecommute. I know a number of people though who would not be able to work where they do if not for the accommodations made by their employers so they can work at home. And at the end of the day, who really wouldn’t want to work at home if they could? We all like to think about the greater flexibility and the time to potentially balance our lives even if just a bit better. On the days that we crave being home, we should also be reminded of how David longed for another home. He wrote this in Psalm 27:4; “The one thing I ask of the Lord-the thing I seek most-is to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life.” In some ways we could say that we are all telecommuting here on earth as we do the work of God here but report back to where He is. When thought about it this way, then we should all do our best while on this assignment so that we when we are called back to His headquarters we will be welcomed back with His open arms. So, today, like the sometime tendencies of the telecommuter to drift or be distracted, we each need to be sure that we remain focused on the greatest home of all.

Reference: Psalm 27:4 (New Living Testament)