Exodus 20:17"You shall not covet (desire) your neighbor's house, you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor ANYTHING that is your neighbor's."
Looking for a dream job? Looking for the dream girl? Searching for a job that would pay you several dollars? Hear me out! Today every ethics and moral is thrown to the wind in order to achieve what you covet. To "Covet" is to strongly desire something that belongs to someone else. Have you seen little children covet the other one's toy. They would be on the floor kicking their legs, screaming and asking for the same toy and it would be something like this, "I want it right now". As adults we may not go on the ground and kick our legs but we surely have ways of coveting.
Listen, I have something important to share with you! Today there are thousand and one ways to get a job. Why is there such a mad rush for consultants and placement services? Why are there so many Recruitment Offices? Why are there so many fake educational certificates floating in the market? Why do the young not bat their eyelid to bribe or give false information regarding their education and experience details? Why is there so much corruption in this world? On one hand there are needy candidates who are in want of jobs but on the other hand there are greedy candidates who would like more carrots everyday. Jesus says "greed" is something we need to guard against, in Luke 12:15 He says, "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions." Businessmen shamelessly grab trained employees of other organizations using subtle and devious methods. Absolutely callous and wicked! To abruptly leave a company after they have invested on you and trained you is also downright betrayal. The Bible commands us not to covet someone else's manservant, nor his maidservant. I know the whole world is running on a common code and that is, 'smartly survive". There is so much of back-stabbing and grabbing going on in this world but as children of God we have rules to follow and we cannot go by the worldly way. Got it?
I want to share here an interesting article I read somewhere: "A successful businessman and his friends were talking and laughing together and enjoying success. The businessman told of his childhood of poverty. Someone had given him a big coin. To have a coin was rare for children then, and his little sister begged to hold it. He laughed over the memory of all the chores he could get her to do for him just to get to hold the coin. He told of a day when she minded the cows all day for the privilege of holding the coin, only to have to give it up at the end of the day. All of the men laughed again at the childishness of the sister. Just then, one man not laughing, reminded the businessman that all he was doing now in labor and service was for the privilege of holding onto a few possessions. The end of the day is coming, and you will have to give them up like your little sister did."
BEWARE! JESUS IS COMING SOON TO JUDGE YOU AND ME!
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