YOU ARE AN AMBASSADOR (II): A WORKER IS WORTHY OF HIS WAGE

 

In Nigeria where I live, most employers believe that they are doing their employee a favor by paying them a salary. They don't see employees as 'partners in progress' but as preys and parasites that reduce their profits.

The attitude is such that- ''IF I DID NOT EMPLOY YOU, YOU WOULD BE POOR & DESTITUTE. I AM THE 'GOD' KEEPING YOU & YOUR FAMILY ALIVE.''
''WITHOUT ME/MY COMPANY, ALL OF YOU EMPLOYEES WILL BE HUNGRY, UNEMPLOYED & UNEMPLOYABLE.''
''I AM JUST DOING YOU A CHARITABLE FAVOR BY PAYING YOUR SALARY, YOU CONTRIBUTE NOTHING TO MY COMPANY.''

Unfortunately, many employees are also lazy & ignorant- they do not know the value of work, nor their rights as workers. And the government -a reflection of it all- does not protect its citizens neither do the citizens care.

So from the Bible, what is God's commandment and attitude to work, workers and their salary, regardless of the country or type of job?

ARE YOU IN BABYLON vs GOD'S KINGDOM?: COMPARING SALARIED WORK IN BOTH SYSTEMS
1. A Babylonian system (mindset) focuses on NUMBERS instead of value, but a Godly system focuses on VALUE- any increase in number is simply a reflection of that value!

An ungodly system promotes and thrives on greed, therefore all manner of things are done to increase the bottom line -numbers get inflated deceptively even when the inherent value is reducing or not commensurate.

The mindset is that for ''my numbers'' to increase, yours has to decrease, no matter what. They do not think Win-Win! They are ''numbers-obsessed''.

For example, a Babylonian business man will sell you a fake/pirated item at the price of the original. (The mindset is not to trade value with you but to cheat/steal from you. ''Stealing'' is referred to as ''Business''; ''Cheating'' as ''being smart''.)

A Babylonian pastor can do all sorts of ungodly things to increase his church members/branches & attendance numbers.

A Babylonian stock broker/banker will artificially boost the stock price of a company beyond its true value and attempt to sell such to you.

However, ambassadors of a godly system are not numbers-obsessed, but ''Value-driven''! Though they also use 'numbers', it is simply as a ''measurement tool/motivation gauge'' reflecting inherent value produced and delivered, never for manipulation. They deal in honesty and with integrity.


2. In a Babylonian economic system, only ''the people at the top'' truly matter.
As workers increase in value and experience over time, instead of it reflecting materially in their salary, benefits and general welfare, the system makes them feel worthless (unless and until they get to ''the top'', which everyone cannot get to).

Their salary/benefits are reduced both literally and also in value due to inflation, manipulation or corruption. The system is skewed disproportionately to favor only those at the top- like a pyramid scheme that is govt-sanctioned. Over time, the rich above keep getting richer and the poor below get poorer until they are like "slaves" in their own land (Gen 47:13-26).

Whereas in God's kingdom economy, when you work for God/as unto the Lord, God treats each person as ''Valuable'' and ensures that you are paid your due wages by his system; your needs will be supplied by those you serve (Gen 47:1-12, Lev 19:13, Deut 24:15, Matt 10:10, Luke 10:7, 1Tim 5:18, 1Cor 9:4, 7-14). It truly pays to be an ambassador for God's kingdom economy.

[Never Forget the 1st Temptation of Jesus (Matt 4:3-4): IN GOD'S KINGDOM, YOU DON'T USE THE POWER/ANOINTING/TALENT GOD GAVE YOU (FOR MINISTERING TO OTHERS,) TO MEET YOUR OWN PERSONAL NEEDS! YOU SIMPLY SERVE OTHERS, AND YOU WILL IN TURN BE PAID/HAVE YOUR BASIC NEEDS MET BY OTHERS!!
Babylon reverses this- They use the power/intelligence/talent to accumulate wealth for themselves and then start dominating fellow humans- forcing them to serve the ''people at the top'', as if their "slaves".]

3. In a Babylonian economy, workers are seen as an ''unnecessary, dispensable burden that reduce profits'' (unless they are SLAVES). The ''people at the top'' might value work but disdain the human workers, so they treat those who have to work as unfortunate paupers. They will attempt to replace workers with robots/machines to maximize or increase their personal wealth/''numbers''.

In God's system, only those who are lazy/don't work are poor and hungry (Prov 6:6-11, 19:24, 26:15; 2Thess 3:10). Any worker can become rich, and the rich still continue to work even when their comfortable lifestyle is no more contingent on or commensurate to the work they do (Gen 2:8-15). They value work and their (fellow) workers because it is about the system working for all, not just individual/greedy accumulation of wealth for only those at the top.


4. Natural disasters and man-made manipulation help to clearly differentiate both kingdoms.
In a Babylonian system, your value/salary/returns is determined by and pegged to their Fiat Currency which gets eroded over time by corruption, manipulation, inflation & natural disasters. So, they''ll consistently manipulate to put you down to increase their ''numbers''. Eventually, you will not be motivated to work as the salary will not be worth it anymore since you still can't afford your basic needs. To make ends meet, you will need to put in more hours/get multiple jobs to make more of their Fiat Currency.

KEY WORDS: The Babylonian economy is a ''Rat Race''- the more you work, the poorer you get, and the harder/more work you need to do: a ''NEGATIVE FEEDBACK LOOP'' (Gen 3:17-19)! In a Babylonian economic system, as time goes on, ''the average person will not be able to maintain their lifestyle'', till it seems like they have become ''SLAVES'' in their own country (Gen 47: 13-25, Exo 1:8-14, Exo 21:2, Deut 15:12, Jer 34:14).

FOR EXAMPLE; when the pump-price of petrol/gas increases in a country, rich entrepreneurs or billionaires can simply increase the price of their goods/services and maintain their lifestyle but salary-earners and other commoners find their own value eroded. And any attempt to renegotiate their salary to reflect changes in market price & physical realities is rebuffed by their government/employers.

On the other hand in God's kingdom economy, as the natural or man-made disasters occur, it does not reduce your value, talent or business one bit, in fact, it will increase. Why?
God's economic system is not limited by/tied to any Fiat Currency, it places emphasis on and responds to VALUE. Therefore, the system simply makes upward adjustments to everyone in it no matter what happens. Hence, ''everyone in it can maintain their previous UNCOVETOUS lifestyle and get better, as time goes on'' (Gen 26:12, 47:1-12; Job 22:23-30).

God's economy is a POSITIVE FEEDBACK LOOP -the more you work, the more valuable/excellent/skilled you get; the more you receive; and then the richer you become regardless of the type of work you do or calamity that occurs (Gen 26:1,12; Gen 31:1-13, 47:1-12, Deut 8:6-20, 28:1-14)!


 

KEY DIFFERENCE TO NOTE: Like any pyramid scheme, a Babylonian system is unsustainable long-term and it never goes on forever no matter the geographic location. It will either implode on itself, or God intervenes on behalf of the ENSLAVED workers (Exo 3:7-10, Lev 19:13, Deut 24:14-15, Jer 22:13, Rev 18, Rev 19).

Prophecy: Babylon will be destroyed permanently on a global scale, very soon (Rev 18). Be prepared.


THE DECEPTION: Do not get distracted chasing Mammon, instead of chasing Value. Come out of Babylon. Allow the system to work for all- not just the most talented/intelligent/fortunate among us...not just for those at the top.

Prophecy: There is actually no middle ground SPIRITUALLY- every single human being is either promoting Babylon, or is an ambassador of God's kingdom on earth. These natural & man-made disasters will increasingly worsen till there is PHYSICALLY no middle ground globally during the Great Tribulation. Brace up.

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