Progress on the Plan

So, the plan is to trust God with my incredibly busy new role at work, work hard, but not work to the point of idolatry or workaholism. The plan is also to spend time with the Lord nightly and truly have a daily devotion. The overall concept as mentioned in the blog post is to "seek first his kingdom and his righteousness and all these things will be added to you"(as spoken by Jesus Christ). So, the "net" of this comes down to putting God first and trusting him to take care of me- while of course still working hard. No thinking Christian is lazy- lets work hard and trust God at the time time shall we? (in fact the Bible itself says "if a man will not work he shall not eat- laziness is totally unacceptable)

Ok, so the working out of this new emphasis has some interesting twists. For example, I will be overwhelmed at work with tasks and I will remember that I am putting the Lord first and trusting him with the business so I will say a silent prayer and remind the Lord I am counting on him. Or, I will remember that the Lord is in charge of the situation and that I should simply relax and trust him. This approach of trusting him no matter what has often involved ignoring the stress of situations, ignoring anxieties, and ignoring the very real risk of failure and simply continuing to stay focused on-task and trusting that no matter how many arrows may be flying I will be ok.(in spite of how things might look)

Honestly, this whole thing is like a lab experiment. I am following the life/work/faith formula found in the Bible literally and taking a risk for God by not working like a maniac but working reasonably and then putting him first in my time and in my heart. This job could have me working like a work-a-holic, no kidding- and honestly I am willing to work really hard for the company (and I am), but this experiment of trusting God is saying to the business world "you really can just follow the Bible and pray for help, put God first, and yes work hard- and the Lord will give you real and tangible results". So, the journey goes on and time will tell how this goes- and I will report the results here.

I continue to meditate on scriptures like those found in Psalm 37, Psalm 91, and the others mentioned in the last blog post like "seek first his kingdom".

I will trust God without seeing- and then I will see what few get to see.