Presenting ...
... a weekly letter of encouragement.
17 September, 1997 -Singapore
Good Morning!
DAILY, YOU ARE FACED WITH ISSUES THAT ARE IN TENSION WITH EACH
OTHER. For example:
- Caring for people and yet seeking a profit.+
- Living a life of humility and yet maintaining the drive necessary to achieve success.
- Refraining from abusing your authority while maintaining justice.
- Balancing family priorities and business responsibilities.
- Handling personal possessions appropriately amidst a needy society.
- Living as a citizen of God's kingdom in an unethical environment.
- Balancing personal drives with corporate demands.
Judicious answers to these perplexing conflicts do not come easily.
However in our quest for solutions, we can ask God for His wisdom:
"But if any of you lacks wisdom, let
him ask of God, who gives to all men generously and without reproach, and
it will be given to him." (James 1:5)
The chart below may prove helpful in determining whether you
are applying Divine or human wisdom. The "evidence" is derived
from James 3:13-18:
| EVIDENCE OF GOD'S WISDOM | EVIDENCE OF MAN'S WISDOM |
| Humility | Bitter envy: fury, indignation, jealousy |
| Purity | Selfishness: contentious rivalry |
| Peace | Boastin |
| Sweetly reasonable | Denying the truth |
| Satisfied with less than is due | Worldly minded: bestial nature |
| Full of mercy and good fruits | Earth-bound: sensual, demonic |
| Impartial | Restlessness: confusion, disharmony, rebellion |
| Free from insecurity | Instability |
| Providing an atmosphere of peace where righteousness can be sown |
Every base deed: evil and vile practices |
May God grant you His wisdom as you seek resolution to these difficult issues.
Dwight Hill
+Proffered by and adapted from the 1/14-17, 1996 Business & Professional Navigator Staff Men's Conference
- 1 Coleman Street #02-34 The Adelphi
- Singapore 0617 .
- Phone: 337 6498; Fax: 336 9913
(c) Copyright 1996 Dwight Hill. Unlimited permission to copy or use is hereby granted subject to inclusion of this copyright notice.
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