Courage To Speak Up
It's so easy to sit back and critique what the right thing to do is, especially when it doesn't affect you directly. It's so easy just to do what you're told and when things go wrong you just claim you're following orders and cover your own ass. And its so easy to pin the blame on inexperience. "He's a newbie, he doesn't know any better." Are these excuses reasonable? Maybe.
I find in the workplace is that there are times when your ethics and values get challenged. That there are moment when you have to take a stand and raise a concern against a co-worker, supplier or superior on their methodology. When you're on the hotseat what do you do? I'm finding out true courage is stand up for what is right, regardless how it potentially affects my own well-being, regardless if it means being thrown in a situation of conflict. But this can only happen if I am blameless in my own actions.
When the waters are still, it's so easy to proclaim my faith, but the moments things get a bit choppy, I run for the hills. I don't know if I've been living for God or for myself. I don't know if I can stand up and proclaim that I have struggled in the Lord's name and remained faithful. I don't know if I'm relying on God's strength or my own. I like to think that I have courage, but maybe its bravado.
"And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him."
Hebrews 11:6
Lord, I pray for wisdom, courage and faith. Wisdom to know what is right and when to act, courage to act and faith to know that regardless of the outcome, that I can say I've seeked you first.
I find in the workplace is that there are times when your ethics and values get challenged. That there are moment when you have to take a stand and raise a concern against a co-worker, supplier or superior on their methodology. When you're on the hotseat what do you do? I'm finding out true courage is stand up for what is right, regardless how it potentially affects my own well-being, regardless if it means being thrown in a situation of conflict. But this can only happen if I am blameless in my own actions.
When the waters are still, it's so easy to proclaim my faith, but the moments things get a bit choppy, I run for the hills. I don't know if I've been living for God or for myself. I don't know if I can stand up and proclaim that I have struggled in the Lord's name and remained faithful. I don't know if I'm relying on God's strength or my own. I like to think that I have courage, but maybe its bravado.
"And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him."
Hebrews 11:6
Lord, I pray for wisdom, courage and faith. Wisdom to know what is right and when to act, courage to act and faith to know that regardless of the outcome, that I can say I've seeked you first.
1 Comments:
"Courage Is Knowing The Fear And Doing It Anyway"
It reminds me of a time when I was meeting with my boss and a salesguy. We were discussing about getting Access license. The salesguy was trying to cut down on the license. We needed 5 but he want to keep below it.
Since I am the one installing it and knowing that installing more than 5 computers will break the license agreement (illegal). I challenge him about it. Quite blunt about it..but got the point across.
What do you do? Good question...the true test is when you do the right thing and u become rediculous doing it..do u still follow it? Do you take the high road?
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