The CEO's Daughter

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A tall Manhattan skyscraper housed a company owned by the CEO. Everyone in the building worked for the CEO, who officed on the top floor. Most had not seen him, but they had seen his daughter. She worked in the building for her father. She exploited her family position for her benefit.

One morning she approached Bert, the guard. "I'm hungry, Bert. Go down the street and buy me a Danish."

The demand placed Bert in a dilemma. He was on duty. Leaving his post would put the building at risk. But his boss's daughter insisted. "Come on, now;  hurry up."

What options did he have? As he left, he said nothing but, If the daughter is so bossy, what does the say about her father?

She was only getting started. Munching on her muffin, she bumped into a paper-laden secretary. "Where are you going with all those papers?"

"To have them bound for an afternoon meeting."

"Forget the meeting. Come to my office and vacuum the carpet."

"But I was told.."
"And I am telling you something else."

The woman had no choice. After all, this was the boss's daughter speaking. Which caused the secretary to question the wisdom of the boss.

And on the daughter went. Making demands. Calling shots. Interrupting schedules. Never invoking the name of her dad. Never leveraging her comments with, "My dad said..."

No need to.

Wasnt't she the boss's child? Didn't the child speak for the father? And so Bert abandoned his post. And assistant failed to finish a task. And more than one employee questioned the wisdom of the man upstairs. Does he really know what he is doing? they wondered.

"You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain" (Exodus 20:7). "Don't think language; think lifestyle." The command calls us to elevate the name or reputation of God to the highest place. We exist to give honor to His name.

(An excerpt from Max Lucado's It's not About Me)