Nice guys don’t necessarily make good bosses, and vice versa. When hired
at Polychrome as a scheduling clerk, never cared for the word clerk myself, I
didn’t know what the job even was, just good pay and in an office with AC. With
a future, which the first day had me wondering. I was unsure what office
politics were, but soon found out which end of the stick to grab, when handed to
me and which to avoid. In my introductory meeting that morning, Walter, my boss
and a nice guy told me up front, “If I teach you everything I know, they won’t
need me and they can hire you for my job for less.” And how is your morning
going....But as I learned and grew, I too applied what he had told me. I was
good at keeping production figures in my head, not publishing them on paper,
which he would have lost anyway, so I was obligated to attend all meetings,
because I had the facts and figures, and learned to use them to my advantage.
Which led to an every Friday morning with a vice president, who went over
production plans with me, and we made adjustments. Which gave me two bosses,
and when doing work for Ilford, an English company under contract, now I had
three bosses. All wanting to know where their product was and when they could
have it. I knew nothing of the film business, but found out if what I kept in my
head stayed there, I was sought out, and if sought out, was needed. Maybe
Walter was right after all.....
I had learned to make the numbers work for me, and the more complicated I
made them via figures and graphs, bosses love graphs, I could keep them all at
bay. And coming to me. Seems we all play games in life, and this was a great
lesson in how not to operate, and also how to tell them exactly what they wanted
to hear. In the service field for autos we call it WIP/WOP. work in
process/waiting on parts. Or never do today what can be put off until
tomorrow.
Now for those who deny the deity of Jesus, here is a news flash, Biblical
principals work for both the saved and the unsaved. The universe does not
operate on two different platforms, only the one created and operated by God.
With one exception, for those who are saved, we have access to all the wisdom
and knowledge of God when we need it. Not hidden or partially revealed, no come
back next week sequel, but the right wisdom when we need it. For God has given
us his spirit, and the spirit knows all things, and we can too. But many times
even strong believers think only the good things come to us, even a teaching
tells then that if you have difficulties, you must be in sin. Never found in
scripture. We are told all things work together for those that trust and
believe, both good and bad. All things are good in God’s eyes, it is us that
pick and choose, rendering one good and another bad. But it is the spirit
intervening in ways we cannot explain in words that make the difference. The
joke “man plans and God laughs” is true many times too often. Only in the
spirit will we know the difference between truly bad times and good times, and
see God in all of them. In the midst of our adversity is where the spirit will
show us how and where God is at work in our lives. When we see things through
the eyes of the spirit, we see the truth, no WIP/WOP here, for we are all in
process. And the more we trust, the more we see Jesus in action instead of in
steady prayer requests, and our time goes from begging to receiving and
worshipping. All joy will come from the spirit interceding because we do not
know what to pray, and as our relationship grows, as we trust, we bask in God’s
glory. Ever notice why some are making testimonies while others are only
reading about them? Is your God as big as your prayer requests? Do you trust
in the same spirit that saved you to guide you? Are you in God’s way or just in
the way? How will you know...
These things shall follow them that believe. What you believe will effect
your outcome, who you believe will show your true heart. When we truly trust
God and go with his assurance of how all things work together, we begin to look
at him instead of ourselves. Trusting in him and not leaning on our own
understanding. And God has freely given his spirit to all that believe. While
some study to find themselves approved, and not always sure by who, those who
truly trust his spirit live, and experience Jesus first hand, falling back on
the word to find his leadings approved. A much different approval process than
studying all the time, and experiencing little. When asked by these eternal
students “are you in the word?” my answer is “is the word in you?” Jesus is
the word, and he writes it on our hearts, is the spirit in you and living in
you? The truth may be painful, but it does set you free....but only in the
spirit.
We may not get what we go through today, but in it God is preparing us for
glory. And to represent him here on earth. It has been said “never listen to
the advice of someone who has done nothing.” In the spirit we always have all
we need. Or you can take the world’s advice. Just a thought, I have needed
plumbers, mechanics, doctors, lawyers, and electricians. I have never needed a
musician or actor or entertainer. But all need Jesus, so who do you give an ear
to? Life is on the job training for eternity, no retests. Liars figure and
figures lie. I know. But here is one figure to trust, 100% of us will die, and
we have the choice of where to spend eternity. Jesus and heaven, deny him and
hell. Remembering the afflictions now will help us to keep our eyes on the
glory to come, if we share in his suffering, we can only imagine how we will
share in his glory. Knowledge puffs up, wisdom comes from above. Only via the
holy spirit. All things work together, maybe Walter wasn’t right after
all....
love with compassion,
Mike
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