ExodusMagApr2018

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Promotion
Then the king gave Daniel high
honors and many great gifts, and
made him ruler over the whole
province of Babylon and chief prefect
over all the wise men of Babylon.
Daniel 2:48
King Nebuchadnezzar made an
impossible request in order to test
the skills and accuracy of the well
known wise men of Babylon. He
asked them to tell him as well as
interpret the dream he had the
night before, failing which, they’d
all be killed. Normally one would
tell you the dream they had, and
then expect you to interpret it for
them. However, with the king it
was a different case. He wanted to
know what the dream was and its
interpretation. Something that was
impossible for any person to do,
no matter their powers. So Daniel
consulted the Most High God, his
God and asked Him to help with
the king’s request in order to save
himself and others. The Lord revealed
everything to Daniel, both
the dream and its interpretation.
That way he was able to save himself
and the wise men of Babylon.
There is a God in heaven who reveals
secrets – Daniel 2:28
With God what is impossible with
man is possible with Him. Daniel
could not have known the dream
and its interpretation without the
assistance of the Most High. His
reliance on Him granted him not
only relief from being killed, but
also promotion, an act of raising
one in rank or position. Someone
who was captured under the
norms of a slave was now made to
rule over a province of Babylon,
was made to be a leader of those
belonging to the same province he
was meant to be enslaved in.
What does this then mean about
God and promotion?
You need to be
in a good standing
with Him as well
as seek the
promotion from
Him in order to
get the right
one.
All authority is instituted by God
and He gives it to whomever He
likes, whether that of a business or
of a person. The promotion
thereof is also dependent on God.
When your business grows in turnover,
at that point in time it has
been given promotion. When your
boss assigns you new responsibilities
that are more senior than what
you originally assumed, that is
promotion. A businesses’ growth
in revenue also means growth in
responsibility. An individual’s
growth in responsibilities means
growth in salary. That is why you
find that people in certain industries
work hard for a long time,
remaining loyal and diligent to
their superior, all so that they can
be regarded for a promotion when
an opportunity comes. In the corporate
sector, most people attain
promotion by switching companies
in an attempt to move to a better
position, while others in bigger
corporations make their move internally
by changing departments.
The desire to grow in an employment
sector or in business is something
that comes naturally. Everyone
wants to see their efforts being
recognised and appreciated
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