Pam Padgett ... teacher
Psalm 75:6 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor
from the west, nor from the south. 7 But God is the judge:
he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
Promotion usually seems "good" to us, while being demoted does not.
But God knows everything about the matter, both now and in the
future. He knows if promotion would be good for us. He knows if
promotion would actually put us in the way of harm or evil (such as
compromise or corruption). He knows if promotion would continually
keep our flesh stirred up.
God knows everything about us and everything about the entire
situation, and He judges what is best for us ... he putteth
down one, and setteth up another.
At one point when I was working at FedEx, I was told that in order
to keep the job level I had at that time (E3), I would need to
report directly to both a vice president and managing director in
Memphis (I live and worked in Colorado Springs). Otherwise, I would
need to take a demotion. I prayed, asking God what I should do.
After considering everything brought to my mind after praying, I
believed I was being led to take the demotion.
Being demoted was hard on my flesh initially. However, many times
over the next several years, when seeing the pressure people at the
E3 job level were under and how much travel many of them had to do,
I thanked God that I was no longer in that position. I believe this
was the best thing for me in the situation, and continue to be
grateful to God in this.
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