Separating the Chaff

I was reading my Bible, when I had a thought that didn't seem to have much to do with the text. It occurred to me that in order to have a Godly business, someone would need Godly employees. By business, I don't mean religious institution. I mean any type of business where the owner is a Christian and focused on God and Godly principles. In the U.S. we can't "discriminate" against people of other religions who hate ours. We have to hire haters. Spiritually, this is self-defeating. It's not good to be unequally yoked. Spiritually, it invites attacks. The thought I had was that a business needs to be centered on at least one fruit of the spirit, and the haters will weed themselves out. The popular fruits are love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Pagans would not be able to manifest a fruit of the spirit on a long-term basis. People can fake almost anything but only for a season.

A while back I saw this article about a couple of young women who were videotaped torturing dementia patients. Taking care of dementia patients required love, patience, etc. The women in the article couldn't manifest those fruits, because they apparently don't have them. As a side note, performing righteousness can be thought of as manifesting the spirit of God. Performing evil can be thought of as manifesting a demon. Think of that the next time you see someone doing something wrong, demon manifestation. The setting in the article was a health care environment. From the hospital trips with my dad, I saw a lot of pagan health care workers and a lot of health care workers who didn't seem to care about people. This article didn't surprise me at all.

Many businesses focus on customer service. Service is a fruit of the spirit. If servanthood is the main goal of a business, people lacking the spirit of servanthood will eventually quit, because service is not their true nature. Or they won't be able to perform the job and be fired. The business will eventually end up with employees who manifest that gift. Over time a Godly business can develop without violating any laws. It's a natural process.

Food for thought. What if sloppiness or incompetence or lack of focus on detail in the workplace is more about a lack of a particular spiritual fruit than a physical or mental problem? Think about people who are clumsy in certain situations but highly dexterous in others. Employees may not be able to do certain things, because there's no spiritual assistance. They can't manifest that fruit(or gift). This might be a concept for moving people around in a company to the job that they're best suited for. I'm not a guru on all this. I'm kind of thinking out loud this week.

Focusing a business on fruits of the spirit should be the main goal. God can work through and bless that.

Merry Christmas!
Happy Hannukah!

Have a great weekend.