Good Faith Offer
Theme of the Week: Tried and True
Sunday, February 1, 2009
 1 of 1
Who Said It … Fred Smith Sr.
Before establishing his food packaging brokerage in Dallas, Fred Smith Sr. was vice president of operations for Gruen Watch Company and consultant to Mobil, Caterpillar, and Genesco. Fred was a Christianity Today International board member, and a contributing editor for Leadership journal for 20 years. As a mentor, Fred had few equals. He died in 2007 at age 91, but his sage advice can still be savored in his book, Breakfast with Fred (Regal, 2007). What He Said … Good Faith Offer
Sanctification flows into the Christian's life not from the pump of works to manipulate God's favor but through the pipe of faith. By faith he looks to the Scriptures for principles to live by. Every time he puts them into practice, he is living by faith.
One time when I was in negotiations with the steelworkers' union, our lawyer was convinced that they were going on strike. Therefore he recommended that we not make an offer because it would be used as the basis for the next negotiation. As I left home to go to the meeting, I did something I'd never done before. I opened the Bible and read the first verse I saw: "Do not withhold good from those who deserve it when it's in your power to help them" (Proverbs 3:27). I knew what my decision would be. Against the lawyer's recommendation, I opted to make a reasonable offer. To our amazement, the union members readily accepted it. So we avoided a strike. I felt that I had been given divine guidance.
Adapted from Breakfast with Fred (Regal, 2007) by permission.
Copyright © 2009 by the author or Christianity Today International/Men of Integrity magazine.
Click here for reprint information on Men of Integrity. 1 of 1
 share this page
Ask God for the resolve and discipline to be consistently faithful with routine matters in ordinary times.
Men of Integrity
Connect with God | Transform my Mind | Live by His Power
Relate Better | Make an Impact
Home | Archives | Contact Us
 |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
Try an Issue of Men of Integrity
Free!
|
 |
|
No credit card required. Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery. Offer valid in U.S. only. Click here for International orders.
If you decide you want to keep Men of Integrity coming, honor your invoice for just $19.95 and receive five more issues, a full year in all. If not, simply write "cancel" across the invoice and return it. The trial issue is yours to keep, regardless.
Give Men of Integrity as a gift
Buy 1 gift subscription, get 1 FREE!
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
| |
|
RSS Feed
