LLife is like sitting in a room waiting to interview for a job promotion. Some people worry incessantly about what’s going to happen, others are resigned to leaving it in God’s hands. If you’re smart you’ll say some prayers to calm your nerves. There are magazines and a TV on the wall to distract you from the larger issue, but when they call your name, the only thing that counts is how much time you spent preparing for that interview.
One meeting with the Bigwig can determine the entire course of your future. If you get the promotion, it’s not because you were qualified, it’s because you were recommended. Once promoted, you learn that you had stock in the company from the very beginning! Everyone who works there owns an equal share.
If you know the Boss’s son, you get the promotion. They decide to grant you tenure, a pension, and a mansion. Nothing and I mean absolutely nothing could ever be better, and then one day you realize that you don’t even actually have to show up for work anymore. Everything is taken care of from beginning to end, and every day there’s a new aspect of production to oversee, a new perk to enjoy, and new people to meet.
Best of all, the Boss has an open-door policy and he is the coolest guy ever… so laid back, and easy to talk to. You feel like you could tell Him anything and you do. Soon you find you are the best of friends, but, as if the icing on the cake, He ends up being your Dad too.
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As you read the parable, hover over these scriptures in the order in which they appear.
Psa 75:6-7 (NKJV), Php 4:6-7 (NKJV), Pro 3:5-6 (NKJV), Jam 4:4 (NKJV), 2 Tim 2:15 (NKJV), Heb 9:27 (NKJV), 2 Cor 3:5 (NKJV), Psa 75:6-7 (KJV), Rom 8:17 (NKJV), Mat 20:12 (NKJV), 1 Jn 5:12 (NKJV), Psa 23:6 (NKJV), Php 4:19 (NKJV), Jn 14:2 (NKJV), 1 Cor 2:9 (NKJV), Rev 14:13 (NKJV), Isa 46:10 (NKJV), 1 Pet 4:10 (NKJV), Jam 1:17 (NKJV), Heb 10:25 (NKJV), Deu 32:4 (NKJV), Mat 11:28 (NKJV), Heb 4:16 (NKJV), Php 1:6 (NKJV), Jn 15:15 (NKJV), Jn 14:9 (NKJV)
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LLife is like sitting in a waiting room to interview for a job promotion Psa 75:6-7 (NKJV). Some people worry incessantly about what’s going to happen, others are resigned to leaving it in God’s hands Php 4:6-7 (NKJV). If you’re smart you’ll say some prayers to calm your nerves Pro 3:5-6 (NKJV). There are magazines and a TV on the wall to distract you from the larger issue Jam 4:4 (NKJV), but when they call your name, the only thing that counts is how much time you spent preparing for that interview 2 Tim 2:15 (NKJV).
One meeting with the Bigwig can determine the entire course of your future Heb 9:27 (NKJV). If you get the promotion, it’s not because you were qualified 2 Cor 3:5 (NKJV), it’s because you were recommended Psa 75:6-7 (KJV). Once promoted, you learn that you had stock in the company from the very beginning Rom 8:17 (NKJV)! Everyone who works there owns an equal share Mat 20:12 (NKJV).
If you know the Boss’s son, you get the promotion 1 Jn 5:12 (NKJV). They decide to grant you tenure, a pension, and a mansion Psa 23:6 (NKJV) Php 4:19 (NKJV) Jn 14:2 (NKJV). Nothing and I mean absolutely nothing could ever be better 1 Cor 2:9 (NKJV), and then one day you realize that you don’t even actually have to show up for work anymore Rev 14:13 (NKJV). Everything is taken care of from beginning to end Isa 46:10 (NKJV), and every day there’s a new aspect of production to oversee, a new perk to enjoy, and new people to meet 1 Pet 4:10 (NKJV) Jam 1:17 (NKJV) Heb 10:25 (NKJV).
Best of all, the Boss has an open-door policy Mat 11:28 (NKJV) and he is the coolest guy ever Deut 32:4 (NKJV)… so laid back Mat 11:28 (NKJV), and easy to talk to Heb 4:16 (NKJV). You feel like you could tell Him anything and you do Php 1:6 (NKJV). Soon you find you are the best of friends Jn 15:15 (NKJV), but, as if the icing on the cake, He ends up being your Dad too Jn 14:9 (NKJV).
