“Let Not Your Hearts Be Troubled”
On the night before He died, in what is known as the Farewell Discourse, Jesus looked at His frightened friends and said, “Let not your hearts be troubled; believe in God, believe also in me” (John 14:1). He promised them a place in His Father’s house, and He promised something more: “I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also” (John 14:3).
These are words of accompaniment. Jesus does not leave His friends alone with their fear. As He would later promise before His Ascension, “I am with you always” (Matthew 28:20).
But how does a troubled heart in 2026 actually experience that presence? Think of a worried employee, a family member caring for an aging parent, or a customer carrying a burden no one sees. Jesus answers that question a few verses later.
Greater Works Than These
“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do” (John 14:12).
What are these works? In Matthew 25, Jesus tells us plainly. Feed the hungry. Give drink to the thirsty. Welcome the stranger. Clothe the naked. Care for the sick. Visit the imprisoned. These are the corporal works of mercy, and Jesus identifies Himself with every person who receives them: “as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me” (Matthew 25:40).
Here the two passages meet. The troubled heart of John 14 becomes less troubled when someone shows up with the works of Matthew 25. Christ accompanies people through His disciples. When missionaries go out into the world carrying His love, hearts are consoled and people find it easier to believe.
Consecration Is the Beginning of the Story
At His Way At Work, we help business owners formally consecrate their companies to God. It is a beautiful and powerful act. An owner stands before the Lord and says, in effect, “This enterprise is Yours.”
But consecration is not the end of the story. It is the beginning of it, the first chapter in a story of transformation.
If a company belongs to Christ, then it should do what Christ does. It should go looking for troubled hearts. It should carry out the works He promised His disciples would do. A consecrated company is meant to become a caring company.
More Than Human Resources: The Missionary Company
Most good companies already care for their employees. They have human resources departments, benefits, and wellness programs. Those things matter. But if your consecrated company looks like every other company, it is not living up to its potential.
We are talking about something more magnanimous. Jesus calls His followers the salt of the earth and the light of the world, a city set on a hill that cannot be hidden (Matthew 5:13–14). A company can be salty. A company can be a light. A company can be set on a hill for its whole community to see.
That is what we mean by a missionary company. Every consecrated company should become one: a transformed enterprise that deliberately builds a framework for caring for employees, their families, customers, suppliers, and neighbors. Care like this is not niceness, and it is not care offered to extract something in return. It is the love of Christ, organized and made real in the places where people work.
Nobody Left Alone
Imagine tens of thousands of consecrated companies, each one transformed into a missionary company.
In that world, no heart would have to be troubled alone. The employee facing a diagnosis, the single parent stretched thin, and the coworker quietly grieving would each be accompanied. Christ could accompany everybody, because His missionaries would be everywhere people spend their days.
And people would find it easier to believe in Him, because they would have met Him. Missionaries bring His heart to others. They bring His love. They bring His Sacred Heart into offices, warehouses, job sites, and storefronts.
From Consecration to Transformation
So don’t just consecrate your company. Consecration is a beautiful first step. Take the next one: transform your company into a platform for caring.
That is why His Way At Work developed Caring by Design, a practical methodology that helps business owners build an authentic culture of care into the everyday life of their enterprise. It turns good intentions into a framework your whole team can live out.
Let not their hearts be troubled. Let your company be the place where they find Him.
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Scripture quotations are from the Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition (RSV-CE).