Your Direct Leadership Responsibility
When you work for an employer, do it as though you are working for the Lord directly, because you are. Do you recall what God stated to Moses concerning the children of Israel? I will take you as My people, and I will be your God. Then you shall know that I am the Lord your God who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. Well, we are God's children, not His servants, through the sacrifice of His Son, Jesus the Christ.
Yet, even though they were meant to live directly under God as His own people, and even after they were given their freedom from slavery, these very Israelites seemed to feel the need for human domination over them in order for function. They eventually cried out for a human King and God's response to their request was a surprise. He attempted to discourage them from setting up a human ruler and declared His desire to be the direct authority do their lives. Sadly, they did not listen. Then the Lord spoke to His representative (Samuel the prophet). "And the Lord said to Samuel, 'Heed the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me, that I should reign over them."
Remember, after the Israelites insistence of having a human king, like every other nation on earth, God granted them their request, but strongly warned them of the dangerous consequences of having another man dominate their capacity for leadership. Now take a few minutes to read I Samuel 8:9-18 It is very important to note that this does not imply and should not be taken to mean, that God designed human beings to have a chaotic society without accountability to each other or without subjection to authority. On the contrary, God is a God of excellence, and He created everything to function in decency and order. Let all things be done decently and in order. Always please remember, God is a God of order. Finally, the book of Revelation expresses the fact that leadership responsibility is the Creator's permanent purpose for humanity. There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. And they shall reign forever and ever.
So do not concern yourself with the small stuff. We are on the winning side. Stay in the Word of God.
Exodus 6:7 I Samuel 8:7 I Corinthians 14:40 Revelations 22:5
~~W.R. Luchie
When you work for an employer, do it as though you are working for the Lord directly, because you are. Do you recall what God stated to Moses concerning the children of Israel? I will take you as My people, and I will be your God. Then you shall know that I am the Lord your God who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. Well, we are God's children, not His servants, through the sacrifice of His Son, Jesus the Christ.
Yet, even though they were meant to live directly under God as His own people, and even after they were given their freedom from slavery, these very Israelites seemed to feel the need for human domination over them in order for function. They eventually cried out for a human King and God's response to their request was a surprise. He attempted to discourage them from setting up a human ruler and declared His desire to be the direct authority do their lives. Sadly, they did not listen. Then the Lord spoke to His representative (Samuel the prophet). "And the Lord said to Samuel, 'Heed the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me, that I should reign over them."
Remember, after the Israelites insistence of having a human king, like every other nation on earth, God granted them their request, but strongly warned them of the dangerous consequences of having another man dominate their capacity for leadership. Now take a few minutes to read I Samuel 8:9-18 It is very important to note that this does not imply and should not be taken to mean, that God designed human beings to have a chaotic society without accountability to each other or without subjection to authority. On the contrary, God is a God of excellence, and He created everything to function in decency and order. Let all things be done decently and in order. Always please remember, God is a God of order. Finally, the book of Revelation expresses the fact that leadership responsibility is the Creator's permanent purpose for humanity. There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. And they shall reign forever and ever.
So do not concern yourself with the small stuff. We are on the winning side. Stay in the Word of God.
Exodus 6:7 I Samuel 8:7 I Corinthians 14:40 Revelations 22:5
~~W.R. Luchie