“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11)
Growing Dominion, Part 99
“Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud” (Prov. 16:19).
Again we have a pointed comparison. It is better to lose profit, and be a humble man with the lowly than to make a huge profit—dividing the spoil—but have to do it together with arrogant men. There are many Christians who are distracted away from the importance of this principle. They don’t like spending all their time with the arrogant, with corporate raiders, with high flyers, with “realists.” Like Lot in Sodom, they don’t like what they see (or smell), but they hold their nose and go along anyway. “I’ll just make what I need to make, and then I’ll get out of this Enronville.” “This is just a short term thing.” The problem with this is that Scripture tells us what we should prefer to this sort of compromise. It is possible to be present with such men without compromise, like Daniel in Babylon, but this is not usually done by keeping your head down and rationalizing to yourself. All Christians in business should actively and honestly prefer poverty with humble men to riches with the sleek and powerful.