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David at the Job Interview
32 “Don’t worry about this Philistine,” David told Saul. “I’ll go fight him!”
33 “Don’t be ridiculous!” Saul replied. “There’s no way you can fight this Philistine and possibly win! You’re only a boy, and he’s been a man of war since his youth.”
34 But David persisted. “I have been taking care of my father’s sheep and goats,” he said. “When a lion or a bear comes to steal a lamb from the flock, 35 I go after it with a club and rescue the lamb from its mouth. If the animal turns on me, I catch it by the jaw and club it to death. 36 I have done this to both lions and bears, and I’ll do it to this pagan Philistine, too, for he has defied the armies of the living God!
37 The Lord who rescued me from the claws of the lion and the bear will rescue me from this Philistine!”
Saul finally consented. “All right, go ahead,” he said. “And may the Lord be with you!”
My friend pointed it out …
道内ＩＴ企業、ベトナム
日本企業の間でここ数年、ベトナム進出に関心が高まっている。国内よりも人件費が安いことに加え、同国政府がＩＴ教育や日本語を含む外国語教育に熱心に取り組んでいるためだ。ＩＴ関連企業にとっては、業務委託すればソフト開発のコスト削減が期待できる。
道内ＩＴ企業の一部ではこれまで、中国に進出して事業を展開している。ただ、中国では人件費も高騰。道経産局がベトナムに注目したのは、道内企業の海外進出先を広げる狙いもある。
Stay Humble
Stay Humble. Don’t let God’s blessings get to your head.
Before he was made Israel’s first king, Saul started out humble.
Or was he really? His line of questioning comes from a heart that values lineage, ancestry. He was “not proud”, because in his eyes, and maybe also in the eyes of the community, they were the least of all the clans. But when he became king, suddenly they were the head of the entire nation. When that happened, it went to his head (pun intended).
So Saul probably wasn’t really humble in the first place. That attitude was something else.
Humility is not self-deprecation. Humility is not having low self-esteem. Humility does not change, should not change, on circumstance. It is not based on that. What is humility? I don’t know, don’t ask me. hahaha.
Also, found an interesting note in YouVersion: God stole my ass and made me king. Catchy title, I know, but it’s a good read, and very encouraging.
I quote:
How about the missing donkeys of our lives? Do we act in thanksgiving as we are told to give thanks in all things? Or do we gripe and complain that something important is missing, broken, lost, stolen. How quickly do we forget the simple fact that God is still on the throne of the universe?
Stay humble, put your trust in God. Always put your trust in God.