| Relating to the Psalms |
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| Written by Denis Cutter |
| Monday, 22 February 2010 13:41 |
Last week I had a great time with the Lord. I got see the lesson He was teaching me while He was teaching me. I know, how crazy is that. That morning I managed, through no small miracle, to get up before anyone else in the house. Normally the kids get up before I do. This time they slept in until almost 8:00. I sat down to spend some time in the word. I am currently reading through the psalms. This morning it was tough. I was having trouble relating to King David as he pled with God to protect him from his many enemies. As King David thanked God for keeping him strong under persecution, even though he remained righteous in the sight of the Lord, I could not relate. I don’t have a list of people who are bent on my demise. I’m not at war with anyone. If someone does accuse me, it’s normally because I deserve it. I’m not righteous of my own accord. I am not above reproach. Furthermore, the few times I have been falsely accused in my life, I’ve fought back ferociously defending myself. I actually had a conversation with the Lord letting him know that I could not relate. Then I stopped reading, made a to-do list for myself for the day and got ready for work. At about 10:00 am my boss got a call from our largest vendor. Unbeknownst to us we had been accused by one of our largest customers of failing to support them. This customer had asked that we be removed as their reseller of record in order to have their account managed by another reseller. I was called out by name as playing a key role in the demise of the relationship. To say we were shocked is an understatement. As we learned more about the accusations we realized that they were being falsely raised. We had not done the things we were being accused of. The source of our information was from a friend within a 3rd company who is interacting with all the parties involved. This means the information was confidential and we could not call up the accuser and defend ourselves. Nor could we call the person the accusation had been brought to. We were left with no options but to sit back and take it. At least in my case I could petition the Lord to intercede on my behave just as King David did in the psalms. Because of my time with the Lord, I was able to see that the attack was not personal. It is based on the perfect storm of personal motivations, outside my ability to impact, coming together to form the situation. As it turns out there are several players involved. All of them have a personal agenda that actually has nothing to with me or my company. It just happens that our removal from this particular account would satisfy the desires of these individuals. Since the Lord blessed me with the foreknowledge of the psalms, I was able to look pragmatically at the problem. I did not get righteously indignant. If I had, I would have shot myself in the foot by exasperating the situation. Instead I was able to keep a cool head and actually talk down my boss. The next morning he sent a very cordial email letting the notifying party know that we did the best we could and asking that our existing record be allowed to speak for us. Today we were told that some other people who have a historic understanding of the situation have gone to bat for us and me personally. The Lord is moving to protect us, just like he said he would in the psalms. |
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