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Topic: -- Saturday, 5/8/10 -- GOD TOLERATES NO RIVALS - Deuteronomy 6:15
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From: "J.R. & Bonnie Ricks" <j-r-and-bonnie@dogwoodministries.org>
Date: May 07 05:47PM -0500
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/takeaminute/msg/38cd1f83dcbd603e
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GOD TOLERATES NO RIVALS - Deuteronomy 6:15 NIV
".for the LORD your God, who is among you, is a jealous God and his anger
will burn against you, and he will destroy you from the face of the land."
For years now, you've worked hard, and your salary is okay, but you are by
no means rich. You have to budget carefully to have money for your normal
bills, plus have a little extra. You've been honest, forthright, and
Christian in all of your dealings, but the company you work for just doesn't
pay that well. One day, you are approached by another company with a job
offer. The salary is much higher than the one you are currently making, and
the benefits are better. However, upon investigation of the company, you
find that there are many internal policies that are rather shady... not
illegal, but very unethical. In order to succeed with the company, you
would have to conform to the company policies... at least in appearance.
You ponder on the question and have just about decided to turn down the job
offer when some unexpected expenses arise that you know you will never be
able to meet on your current salary. The new job would cover those
expenses, with money to spare. Do you rationalize the situation, convincing
yourself that you can maintain your Christian witness (or even imagine
yourself converting the whole company, President to mail room, to Christ!)
... or do you trust God...
You've been unemployed for quite a while, struggling to just keep a roof
over your family's heads and food on the table. You get a small free-lance
job that pays you $250. Not much, but definitely more than you had before
you did the work. It's Monday when they pay you for the work, and you
immediately write out a check for $25 to the church, and stick it in your
wallet to put in the collection plate the coming Sunday. When Sunday comes,
though, all of the remaining $225 is gone - having paid a couple of small
bills, and bought some food and gasoline. The $25 that is represented by
the check in your wallet is all the money you have. What do you do? Tear
up the check, promising yourself you'll try to replace it later on? . or do
you trust God.
Our Lord does not tolerate rivals. Time after time, He has shown us that
when we compromise our Christian walk and witness in favor of the world,
whatever we are involved in will fail - work, relationships, marriages, you
name it. God will not bless anything where He is given the second seat.
If you've been rationalizing God out of situations in your life, stop. Keep
Him number one, where He belongs.
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