Not Every Promotion is Good!

Judges 18

Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Tuesday, March 8.

There are times in a person’s career and working life where a decision must be made – to accept or decline a promotion, to stay or to go. For some, it is the right thing to do; it is the natural professional progression of experience and responsibility, but for others it is not. Not every promotion is good!

The story of Israel’s apostasy grows as 600 men from the tribe of Dan seek to settle in the land near Micah’s home, taking his household gods and the Levite priest while they are at it. Judges 18:18-20 captures the tragic scene of what happened in Micah’s household as Dan’s men are confronted by the priest during the burglary:

When these went into Micah’s house and took the graven image, the ephod and household idols and the molten image, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?” They said to him, “Be silent, put your hand over your mouth and come with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be a priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?” The priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod and household idols and the graven image and went among the people.

If you are invited to take a new opportunity outside of your current workplace or receive a promotion within the organization, then I encourage you to be wise and discerning. Cry out to God whether you should take it or leave it. Because not every promotion should be accepted and not every attractive job opportunity is the right thing to do.

Seize the moment and walk in the spirit of “power and love and discipline” (2 Timothy 1:7). Don’t allow yourself to be intimated into making a bad decision. Trust God and do good!

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