2019 -3-11 CBMC 中英文周一嗎哪

 
From: "Chinese Manna" <samy@brazilianautoparts.com.br>
Subject: 2019 -3-11 CBMC 中英文周一嗎哪
Date: March 11th 2019 3:48a.m.

                                               週一嗎哪 

服事全球工商界

                                                                                                             2019311

By Jim Langley

這到底是誰的事業

WHOSE BUSINESS IS IT, ANYWAY?

身為商業和專業人士,我們每天都要參與許多商業交易。我負責督管金融服務業務已超過35個年頭。我們必須經常如此捫心自問:「這到底是誰的事業?」

 

大多數人都會很自豪地回答:「這是我們(我)的事業。」尤其對家族企業來說,這是一個典型的答案。比較大型的企業經常是由一組合作夥伴或大量股東所共同擁有。至於規模最龐大的公司,則通常由少數幾位大股東享有企業主要控制權。

 

如果我們認為事業是屬於自己的,那就是欺騙自己。上帝清楚告訴我們誰統管萬有!雖然天父的確允許我們在地上從商一段時間,但這一切全都屬於天父。即便我們時常能夠把事業傳承給下一代,遲早有一天這些都會回歸於主。這全都是上帝完美供應的一部分!在我看來,工作是好的,我們應該享受其中。工作不應該是一種苦差事,但要真正享受它,我們需要有正確的觀念。接下來,我會以自己的靈性之旅為例來解釋這個觀念。

 

快滿40歲的幾個月前,我從一般公司跳槽到金融服務業。對於之前從來沒有銷售過任何商品的我而言,這是一個很大的冒險。我確實擁有比較容易跳槽的技能,但不保證成功。那時,我只知道自己必須擺脫以前的企業文化。

 

我的思維中一直保有創業家的自由精神。之前,紐約人壽願意承擔培訓我的風險。35年後,我仍然在回饋這家公司。在我有所自覺之前,它就已經看見了我的潛能。

 

進入新領域的第一年對我來說是一個真正的挑戰。我的第一任老闆接管美國加州聖塔巴巴拉市的總辦公室後,另一位經理回去當業務員,所以我被允許找一位新的銷售經理。幾個月前我才剛接受耶穌基督為我的救主,所以我選擇與一位有堅定基督信仰的銷售經理共事。能夠與他的團隊合作真是一個巨大的祝福,後來我被指派到銷售管理的職位。

 

在金融業的第四年,有人介紹我加入CBMC(國際基督徒工商人員協會)。在這個國際組織中建立的關係給予我應對急難狀況的工具,以及維持強壯靈命的鼓勵。在這裡,我學到最重要的教導之一就是本文標題:這到底是誰的事業?

 

在過去的幾十年裡,有數不清關於商業成功的文章。我認為其中有一本書最為突出,那就是詹姆˙柯林斯(Jim Collins)的從《A到A+:為什麼有些公司能躍升,而其他的不能?》 (GOOD TO GREAT: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…and Others Don’t) 。這本書已經成為現代管理理論的經典。柯林斯寫道,要獲得商業上的成功並不容易。我想再加上一句:成功來自於承認上帝才是真正擁有這個生意的主人——成功後把榮耀歸給上帝時,也要感謝所有一同工作的夥伴。

 

在路加福音12章16-21節中,耶穌說了一個富人的比喻。有一個富人決定拆掉自己原有的穀倉,建造更大的穀倉來儲存他所有豐收的作物。這個人發現自己家財萬貫,認為自己可以「安安逸逸的吃喝快樂」。但在20-21節中,耶穌提出警告:「神卻對他說:『無知的人哪,今夜必要你的靈魂;你所預備的要歸誰呢?凡為自己積財,在 神面前卻不富足的,也是這樣。」

 

我們要對上帝慷慨,知道我們一切所擁有的都是祂的。我建議、強烈鼓勵你努力尋求祂,在你一切的事業與生活中認定祂。

反省與問題討論

  • 在讀今天的週一嗎哪之前,如果有人問你:「你的事業是誰的?」你會如何回答?

第二、讀完今天的週一嗎哪之後,如果有人問你:「你的事業是誰的?」你會如何回應?

第三、你是否同意本文作者Jim Langley所說的:「上帝是我們事業、工作、能力和經驗的最終掌權者」?請說明理由。
第四、如果有人相信上帝確實擁有他們的事業、工作和所做的一切,這將會—或說是應當—造成什麼不同?如果這個看法是正確的,無論我們是組織中的高級管理人員、中層經理人員,或基層員工,這對我們所扮演的角色有什麼意義?


備註:如果你想看聖經中關於這個主題的其他經文,請閱讀並思想下面的經文: (因經文較長,考慮到篇幅和新舊約經文,您可以參閱下列未列出的經文:路加福音12:16-21)

創世紀3章22-23節

3:22 耶和華 神說:「那人已經與我們相似,能知道善惡;現在恐怕他伸手又摘生命樹的果子吃,就永遠活著。」

3:23 耶和華 神便打發他出伊甸園去,耕種他所自出之土。

箴言6章12-21節

6:12 無賴的惡徒,行動就用乖僻的口,

6:13 用眼傳神,用腳示意,用指點劃,

6:14 心中乖僻,常設惡謀,布散紛爭。

6:15 所以,災難必忽然臨到他身;他必頃刻敗壞,無法可治。

6:16 耶和華所恨惡的有六樣,連他心所憎惡的共有七樣:

6:17 就是高傲的眼,撒謊的舌,流無辜人血的手,

6:18 圖謀惡計的心,飛跑行惡的腳,

6:19 吐謊言的假見證,並弟兄中布散紛爭的人。

6:20 我兒,要謹守你父親的誡命;不可離棄你母親的法則(或譯:指教),

6:21 要常繫在你心上,掛在你項上。

傳道書5章18-20節

5:18 我所見為善為美的,就是人在 神賜他一生的日子吃喝,享受日光之下勞碌得來的好處,因為這是他的分。

5:19  神賜人資財豐富,使他能以吃用,能取自己的分,在他勞碌中喜樂,這乃是 神的恩賜

5:20 他不多思念自己一生的年日,因為 神應他的心使他喜樂。

雅各書4章13-16節

4:13 嗐!你們有話說:「今天明天我們要往某城裏去,在那裏住一年,做買賣得利。」

4:14 其實明天如何,你們還不知道。你們的生命是甚麼呢?你們原來是一片雲霧,出現少時就不見了。

4:15 你們只當說:「主若願意,我們就可以活著,也可以做這事,或做那事。」

4:16 現今你們竟以張狂誇口;凡這樣誇口都是惡的。

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