Ok, let’s go deep today. In your work, you make many decisions every day. You contemplate strategies for the future, right? Jesus gave us a couple of great examples why…
Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Will he not first sit down and estimate the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it? For if he lays the foundation and is not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule him, saying, ‘This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.’
Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Will he not first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand? If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace. Luke 14:28-32
But, what tool do we have to ensure that our decisions are consistent with God’s will for our work? This is so powerful…
But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. John 16:13
The Holy Spirit, the often overlooked third of the Trinity, is an incredibly powerful tool to guide us with our decisions and strategies at work.
In case you are not completely sold, read one more piece of wisdom from the Bible in 1 Corinthians 2:10-16.
Father, we so often simply pray just to you and your Son Jesus. Open our eyes Lord to the power of praying to the Holy Spirit, who will guide us to do your will…just as the Bible promises. Amen
