The Million Dollar Life
By William M. Self, Sr.
A good Negotiator
realizes
Money is not the
bigger issue
It’s the heart
Negotiate to WIN the
Heart
The Negotiator
Jesus in Luke 12, is frustrated
with people’s inability to negotiate.
Look at the man who comes to Jesus for help
in settling the dispute over the inheritance.
“Jesus replied,
"Man, who appointed me
a judge or an arbiter between you?" Luke 12:14
Jesus ends the chapter by talking
about financial division in the family.
The strange thing is Jesus says…
“I have come to bring
strife and division!” in the family.
In Jesus’ day, they did not need all the high tech
weather forecasting tools to discern coming storms.
Just like you can discern a storm is
coming, you should be able to discern
when strife is coming to the family.
Jesus again shows His frustration and says…
"Why can't you decide for yourselves what is right?”
Jesus encouraged us to deal with
the wrong things in our families.
Not to let them go.
To be a negotiator.
A negotiator with a pure
heart and heavenly values.
Not allowing greed to get in
the way of sound
judgment.
I like the view point of
carefrontation verse
confrontation.
Don’t let your ego or pride get in the way.
Settle matters before they get to court.
Here is a good reason to negotiate that I found…
“It
is inevitable that, from time-to-time, conflict and disagreement will arise as
the differing needs, wants, aims and beliefs of people are brought together.
Without negotiation, such conflicts may lead to argument and resentment
resulting in one or all of the parties feeling dissatisfied. The point of
negotiation is to try to reach agreements without causing future barriers to
communications.”
“The love of money is
the root of all kinds of evil”
“Keep yourselves free
from the love of money”
This will make you a righteous negotiator.
Remember people are more
important than money and things.
Negotiations need to look at
the heart before the money.
Because the money will reveal the heart.
Scripture Reading
Luke
12:49-59 NLT
49 "I
have come to bring fire to the earth, and I wish that my task were already
completed! 50 There is a terrible
baptism ahead of me, and I am under a heavy burden until it is accomplished. 51 Do you think I have come to bring peace to
the earth? No, I have come to bring strife and division! 52 From now on families will be split apart,
three in favor of me, and two against — or the other way around. 53 There will be a division between father
and son, mother and daughter, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law."
54 Then
Jesus turned to the crowd and said, "When you see clouds beginning to form
in the west, you say, 'Here comes a shower.' And you are right. 55 When the south wind blows, you say, 'Today
will be a scorcher.' And it is. 56 You
hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky,
but you can't interpret these present times.
57 "Why
can't you decide for yourselves what is right?
58 If you are on the way to court and you meet your accuser, try to
settle the matter before it reaches the judge, or you may be sentenced and
handed over to an officer and thrown in jail.
59 And if that happens, you won't be free again until you have paid the
last penny."
1 Timothy
6:10 NIV
10 For the
love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.
Some people,
eager for money, have wandered from
the faith
and pierced themselves with many griefs.
Hebrew
13:4-6 NIV
5 Keep your lives free from the love of money
and
be content with what you have, because God has
said,
"Never
will I leave you;
never will I
forsake you."
6 So we say
with confidence,
"The
Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.
What can man
do to me?"
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