Background on Heavenly Places

Years ago, when my kids were little, I worked in the financial corporate world of the IT department.  I absolutely loved my job as a computer technician.  As a matter of fact, there were several things that I liked about my job in general:  flexibility in your schedule, the ability to talk to people as you worked on repairing their issues, whether it be computer, networking, or printer.   Last, but not least, I liked the whole idea of getting to listen to the problems that the end users were having, and then the challenge of recreating the problem in order to come up with a solution.

While working at this financial institution, I decided that I would get my Masters Degree in Information Technology.  The degree was a 14-month intensive online program.  Although I had two small children, I was up for the challenge.  I also had the idea in the back of my mind that this degree would increase my value and my salary.

After obtaining the degree, I spoke to my supervisor, who in turn stated that she had to talk to her boss.  I was told that the raise wouldn’t happen, and that they were on a hiring and salary freeze for the entire company.  What made matters worse, is that I found out that what was said was not the entire truth.  They were giving raising.  Specifically, significant salary increasing to non-minority employees without degrees.  I was disheartened and discouraged because I felt that I had done all of this hard work for nothing.

What I didn’t realize then, but do now, is that I felt that I had no worth there because of this incident.  In their eyes, I didn’t qualify to sit at the same time with other individuals with my qualifications.

One thing that I now see is that when it comes to God, even in all our brokenness, because of Jesus’ death on the cross, we will always receive the “exempt” stamp of condemnation.  There is always room at God’s table of executives.

Ephesians 2:4-7 New King James Version (NKJV)

⁴ But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, ⁵ even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), ⁶ and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, ⁷ that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

 

Blessings,

 

Katina