Principle #1

When we do

more than we are

paid to do,eventually

we will be paid more

for what we do.

As a youngster working in a grocery store, I knew the young boy who worked in the store across the street . In those depression years, most stores, of financial necessity, carried a very limited inventory. Of course this frequently led to shortages, and in these cases the merchants simply borrowed from one another.

Norman Keith was the "runner" for the store across the street. I recall countless instances when Norman would hit our front door at a dead run and sing out to the owner of our store "Mr. Anderson, I need to borrow six cans of tomatoes!" Mr. Anderson always replied, "Well go get 'em, Norman.You know where they are". Norman would dash back to the shelf,grab the items he was borrowing, quickly deposit them on the counter, scribble his name on the slip showing what he had gotten, and race off.

One day, I asked Mr. Anderson why Norman Keith always ran everywhere he went. He replied that Norman Keith was working for a raise, and he was going to get one. I then asked him how he knew Norman was going to get a raise, and Mr. Anderson replied that if a man he was working for didn't give him one, he would!

"Work hard and cheerfully at all you do, just as though you were working for the Lord and not merely for your masters."

Colossians 3:23 TLB