Hospitality - It's All About Generosity

I Peter 4:9
"Be hospitable to one another without complaint."

What is hospitality?
According to Merriam's it is "generous and friendly treatment of visitors and guests"

So how is your hospitality in your work?  The trend in the past couple of decades has been towards more customer care.  We have metrics on customer satisfaction.  We get surveyed to no end by many of the businesses we encounter.  There is even a new executive title to pay attention to this area, Chief Customer Relationship Officer and departments for Customer Relationship Management.  So should we just mark this one off the list?  Do we as the workplace have hospitality covered?  

Does the hospitality that we are showing in the workplace show the love of the Father?  Is it generous, or is it just better than the competition?  Is it love, or is it good business because we know that customer care/hospitality builds relationships?

Here is our opportunity for the Kingdom!  We already know that outstanding customer care and hospitality is good for business.  But genuine love and generous hospitality shows the welcoming characteristic of the Father.  In Ecclesiates, it talks about how God has written eternity on the hearts of man.  What if we started calling that out?  What if we reflect the goodness of God and call out the life that God has placed on man's heart.  

Ecclesiastes 3:11 
"He has made everything  appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end."

It's an opportunity to be the salt of the earth that Jesus calls us to be.  Look at the way the Message translation talks about being salt of the earth.

Matthew 5:13 (MSG)
“Let me tell you why you are here. You’re here to be salt-seasoning that brings out the God-flavors of this earth. If you lose your saltiness, how will people taste godliness?" 

As salt we get to preserve what God has hidden in their heart and bring out the flavor.  That is an experience that the people you encounter at work will not soon forget.  It glorifies God and it brings more meaning to your work.  It is infectious and it's what people love being around.  The generosity of the Father is the best thing we can give our customers and co-workers.

How do we do that?  
1.  Pray for the person you are interacting with, always pray for the heart of the Father for that person.  It can be a quick prayer asking the Father what He has for them and show you how to love.
2.  What pictures or words come to your heart?  Is it encouraging?  It may surprise you that you thought something you don't know.
3.  Speak it out.
4.  Always be generous...surprise them!