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Responsible Action ...

Thursday, March 21, 2013. One feature of kingdom is to have the freedom of choice, the freedom to make decisions. When you are not in control, when you have no choice, then you cannot live responsibility!

Can you live responsibility? …

How does it work in your life? Can you live responsibility? Lets talk about your job first. Do you have the freedom to take responsible steps? Are you in control of at least a part of your time? Usually, we are all partly squeezed into some schemes or duties, where we do not have a choice. That applies even to the kings, which have to follow protocols and have to meet expectations.

But we also have parts of our work which we can shape. We have the freedom to do things this way or differently. We have the freedom to be flexible, or to stick to stupid rules. We have the freedom to use reason, or to ignore reason. With our decisions, we can make a real difference, even if we are squeezed into some system which tries to determine our days and the outcome of our work.

Here, we come to the question of “controlling”. Modern business tries to be independent of individuals. A big company does not want to be dependent on the individual employees, but have a controlling system which basically plans with the work force, and reaches goals by central planning. But that does work only partially. In the end, for every individual task you need people. And it is up to them to make it a success. In the end, it is always up to the decisions and motivation of the individuals, who make it work.

It is their fault! ??? …

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This morning I observed myself with the thought: “it is their fault, why should you care about them”. I was thinking about some parts of this world, where real trouble happens currently. But also, I realized that this thought is not true. It might by their fault, who ever “they” is. But that should not stop us from responsible action.

Here, we come to the biblical templates which are given to us by the Lord. Jesus has come into this world, to save mankind. It had been their fault, it has been our fault. But he came, since he could save us. He thought about us, and he did not let thoughts stop him which would tell him, that it is our fault. He was taking real responsibility. He was changing the world. He had compassion, he used his reason and his heart, and he came.

It is an important step for us to start to develop real compassion for all things we do, and for some we are not yet involved in, but which the Lord shows to us. We cannot save the whole world in one go (and it has been saved already by Christ Jesus)! But we can join his agenda, we can joint his mission. With his holy spirit he will show us the steps where we can make a real difference. (Roland Potthast) ... more texts

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