Meditate Upon It

December 11

Everyone knows someone who refuses to play by the rules. They may not break any laws in the process, but they go about living their lives in a way that often puts others at a distinct disadvantage. They are the people one must guard against in the workplace, in the marketplace, in the neighborhood, even at home.

This individual will steal your idea in a heartbeat—run to the manager and present it as his own—receiving the credit (and perhaps the promotion) you should have earned. He will charge you top dollar for a product you desire to purchase from him. He will neglect his yard causing the hard work you’ve done in yours to look less attractive. He will undermine you at every turn.

He may not always intend to cause you a problem, but he usually does. His method of comporting himself, based upon his lack of integrity, simply impacts you negatively. Because interaction with such an individual makes life so complicated and unpleasant, we yearn to have the man described in Joshua 1:8 as the one with whom we interact on a regular basis—in both our professional and in our personal world.

Of him it says, “Do not let this Book of the Law depart from you. Meditate upon it day and night so you may do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.” The person who bases his life upon the Word of God will deal fairly with others. You will rejoice in his success, for it will not be at the expense of your own.