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are good things we can do, but we are only to be about
God-things. Those activities not born out of the Spirit will
result in wood, hay, and stubble. What seems good in our eyes
may be an abomination in the eyes of God. For instance, if you
decide to build an orphanage and God has never directed you to
do so, then that work will not be seen by God. It was born out
of your own strength. Even though it was a "good
work."
The most difficult challenge a Christian businessperson will
ever have is to know in what things to be involved in and what
things not to be involved in. Many business people have a great
ability to see opportunity. What appears to be a "slam
dunk" may come back to haunt us if God never ordained us to
enter that arena.
There are many good things we can be involved with. However,
there are God things we are supposed to be involved with. Uzzah
was a good man in the sight of David. It was a time of
celebration, and David and the people were transporting the ark
of God. However, the ark hit a bump and Uzzah reached for the
ark to hold it steady. He touched the ark. He immediately died.
David became very upset with God over this situation. He
questioned whether he could serve God.
God's ways are not our ways. The most important quality God
desires to develop in us is our dependence on Him and Him alone.
When we begin to make decisions based on reason and analysis
instead of the leading and prompting of the Holy Spirit, we get
into trouble with God. David later learned the importance of
this principle in his own life. This encounter was one of the
stepping-stones in his pilgrimage. David was an extraordinary
entrepreneur. He ran the nation very successfully, but he, like
each of us, had to learn the difference between "good
things" and "God things."
Are you involved in anything in which God has not directed you
to be involved in? Do you seek God about every decision, every
action before you take it? This is where God wants you and me to
be. Ask him to show you how to walk with Him in this way.
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