A FAITHFUL MAN

"A faithful man will be richly blessed, but one eager to get rich will

not go unpunished." - Proverbs 28:20

There is a distinct difference between the workplace believer who

operates based on living in the Promised Land versus the one who

operates in Egypt. In Egypt, the workplace believer sweats and toils

to generate an outcome. The final objective is foremost in their mind.

Outcome is everything.

In the Promised Land, we learn that obedience is the only thing that

matters. We are called to execute, and leave outcome to God. Sometimes

that outcome is very positive, yielding a return. In other cases, we may

not yield a corresponding return. We may even get a negative outcome.

The difference is that we know that we have been faithful to what God

has called us to and we yield results to God. God often blesses

obedience beyond what we deserve. If God brings wealth to your life, it

should come as a by-product of obedience, not an end in itself.

God may call each of us to be obedient to situations that may not yield

immediate, positive results. It is in these times that our faith must be

obedience-based versus outcome-based. What if Jesus had considered the

immediate ramifications of whether he would go to the cross? Based on

the immediate outcome, the decision would have been an easy one. Who

wants to die on a cross? However, for Him there was a higher purpose in

that obedience. We are called to this same kind of obedience. This means

putting our own flesh on the line daily, dying to our own self-will.

This is what it means to be a faithful man. Pray that God will make you

a faithful man today.