Pure Progress
“ The hearing ear and the seeing eye, The Lord has made them both. Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread. ” Proverbs 20:12-13 NKJV In pursuit of progress in life, business, and ministry, the combination of integrity and intelligence remains a rare feat. It is always easier to climb the ladder of progress with the combination of intelligence with diplomacy and deceit. Unfortunately, this ungodly feat has always misguided the people of God into the mold of accepting the corrupt system in their world as the winning way in life. Isn’t this the same reason why the scriptures posited that the children of the world are wiser in their generation: “ So the master commended the unjust steward because he had dealt shrewdly. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in their generation than the sons of light”? (Luke 16:8 NKJV). Obviously, the pervasive progress is possible when the use of intelligence is maximi...