When a person becomes a Christian, how far should he go in changing his lot in life? Should he divorce his unbelieving spouse? Should he stop working for his unbelieving employer? The church at Corinth had the very same questions and the Apostle Paul answers three different times in 1 Corinthians 7.
Paul sums up his answer in 1 Corinthians 7:24 by saying, "Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God." In other words, Paul is saying in whatever circumstances of life you find yourself when you become a Christian, begin to live for Christ right there where you are.
Remember, Paul is also speaking to some who were saved as slaves. They were still in slavery when they trusted Christ as their Savior. What should they do? The answer is the same. (v.21) "Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather." Paul said, "If you are a slave, 'care not for it' or "don't worry about it, just begin right where you are as a slave and serve the Lord until He allows you to be free."
This is a great truth that will help anyone who finds himself or herself in a job or situation they think is unbearable. Do not use it as an excuse to not serve God. Paul is saying, "You can live for God in the most horrible of circumstances, that of slavery."
How? (v.22) "For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant." He reminds them that though they may be a slave to man, they are now in fact the Lord's "freeman." That word "freeman" means purchased by God. That is why in the very next verse Paul says, "Ye are bought with a price..."
"Whether you are a slave or free; whether you are in good circumstances or bad", Paul says, "If you will serve Christ right where you are until He changes your circumstances, He will bless you and just might possibly USE you to bring about change in others around you.
"But how can I continue to bear this unbearable circumstance?" Paul answers that question by bringing us back full circle to our original verse, (v.24) "Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God."
Any circumstance is bearable when God is there with us! Just ask the three Hebrew children. So, STAY RIGHT THERE and let God work through you!