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AUGUST 2018
Let us maintain a distance with the opposite gender.
If you feel tempted in your office, better change your desk
or room. We need to preserve our holiness. We may face
temporary problems when we take a stand like that of
Joseph. But God will be our strength and refuge.
4) Balancing Work and Spiritual Life
Pro 24:21 “My son, fear the Lord and the king.”
Mat 22: 21 - “Therefore render to Caesar the things
that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.”
We should know how to prioritize our spiritual life
and work. We must give our best to the Lord. We need to
give the first hours to the Lord. Let us not read the Bible
during office working hours. We can read the Bible during
the lunch hours. We need to do our jobs during office hours
and we need to read the Bible during the first hours of the
day.
Beloved, we need to follow the Bible. We cannot
follow the crowd or even our higher officials. We need to
stand for Biblical values.
When we don't prioritise, we miss God's blessings in
our life. Many complain that the money they earn does not
stay in their hands. How can this be?
The Bible gives the answer:
Hag 1:9 -“You looked for much, and behold, it came
to little. And when you brought it home, I blew it away.
Why? declares the Lord of hosts. Because of my house that
lies in ruins, while each of you busies himself with his own
house.”
When we lose our priority for the Kingdom of God,
He cannot bless us.
5) Integrity In Business Life
And finally, I want to give some practical
suggestions on how we can lead a life of integrity in
business. There are so many challenges in business. If we
are in business, we can understand the difficulty in facing
the various challenges it poses for a life of integrity. There
are four challenges in every business of which I want to give
some suggestions.
1. Truthfulness
M a n y, e s p e c i a l l y t e a c h e r s a n d m e d i c a l
professionals, apart from working during the office hours,
they also practice after coming home. Such things should
be avoided. We should give sufficient time to our families. I
know a believer who lived like this and finally lost his
family. He was only concerned about money and not his
family. So let us avoid extremes. Note how the Bible warns:
Prov 23:4 “Do not toil to acquire wealth; be
discerning enough to desist.”
My wife is a Doctor. When we got married, she was
practicing in a Primary Health Centre. It was a hectic
schedule and she was busy with her job. I suggested her that
since I too will be out of station for the sake of ministry, we
need not over-work. And she joyfully obliged.
I knew a businessman who ran agrocery shop. He
was a first generation Christian. He led a life of impeccable
integrity. He always used right balances (Pro 11:16 , 28:6).
He kept a low profit margin. It was for this reason, he was
never afraid of any raids by any departments from the
Government. He was very clean in keeping the accounts.
People who are in business need to follow him. Let us
maintain clean track record of all our transactions.
2. Quality
We need to maintain the quality of the products that
we sell. Only then will our products will gain a good
reputation (Ecc 7:1). Gaining a bad-reputation is very easy
but we need to build our brand by providing quality job or
product. Let us not adulterate or sell duplicate products.
3. Competition
We live in a competitive world. We find many
products that are given as free. In order to beat the
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