1 Chronicles 11: 9 And David became more and more powerful, because
the Lord Almighty
was with him.
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Frustrated after years of being passed over, I moved on to
another company. When I arrived me and another guy received the highest scores
on the internal testing and we were soon quite known in the “freshmen” crop of
the company. One of the partners picked me to work with him on an assignment.
Wow, I’m getting the power I wanted and I did it all by myself!
Thinking more highly of myself messed me up. Yes I
understood the material but had no examples or information to back up my
knowledge. I crashed and burned!
This kind of thing happened over and over throughout my
career. I would think more highly of
myself and felt I “deserved” a raise of promotion because “I” was too valuable
to the company. GOD says different.
- GOD says “Do not think more highly of yourself.”
- GOD says “Worship the LORD as your one and only GOD.”
- GOD says “No one can stand against you with MY strength.”
I had to realize that it is GOD who raised me to the heights
I was at. It wasn’t my knowledge or quick thinking or self-promotion that got
me to where I was, nor was it an eggshell that I stepped on to take me to lows
in my life.
GOD cannot be controlled by my acts of faith nor does HE
react to every sin I commit, otherwise I could manage GOD to get HIM to do my
bidding. GOD wants me to understand HIS vast and marvelous power.
He is supreme which means even when I am doing everything
right, HE can tear me down and put me on another course of HIS choosing. HE can
also build me up even when I don’t believe in myself or HIS power enough to do
HIS plan.
GOD is amazing and unpredictable. HE wants me to rely on HIS
power to accomplish HIS plan for me.
- Are you complaining about where you are working?
- Do you think more highly of yourself?
- Do you feel you “deserve” a raise?
- Can you pay attention to where GOD has you and be content?
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