Do not have two differing weights in your bag—one heavy, one light. Do not have two differing measures in your house—one large, one small. You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
Deuteronomy 25:13-15 (NIV)
I have mentioned over this past year that I’m working on writing a book. The project is now in the home stretch. We’re designing a cover and in the final editing stage. I’m excited for the launch which should be in the next 4-6 weeks.
I’ve had a lot of people ask me about the book. It’s entitled This Call May Be Monitored (What Eavesdropping on Corporate America Taught Me About Business and Life). The book is not only about the lessons I’ve learned while listening to and assessing over 100,000 business phone calls. It is also my personal story—my early belief that my life’s calling was pastoral ministry, and how God led me down an unexpected path. Along the journey, I discovered something surprising: my faith informed my business—and my business, in turn, refined my faith.
With the content of my book spinning ceaselessly in my head, today’s chapter certainly dovetailed. God through Moses doesn’t flirt with abstractions when it comes to the justice of every day life and business. It rolls up its sleeves, plants its feet in the dust, and whispers,
“Justice is not an idea. It’s how you treat the body in front of you…every one….every day.”
Deuteronomy 25 is a collection of case laws—not lofty theology, but law with calluses. Each vignette is small, but together they form a human braid of justice, dignity, memory, and restraint.
- Fair punishment: Justice must be measured, not excessive. Even the guilty remain human.
- The ox and the grain: Don’t muzzle the ox while it treads the grain—labor deserves sustenance.
- Levirate marriage: A dead man’s name matters—to his children, the community, and to God. Family continuity is an act of mercy.
- Honest weights and measures: Cheating corrodes the soul of a community.
- Amalek remembered: Never forget cruelty that preys on the weak.
Today’s chapter pulses with a single heartbeat: God cares deeply about how power touches flesh.
That heartbeat was channeled into the foundation of my business when our founders, a married couple, established it back in 1987. Though the name of the business has changed, the mission statement they etched as a cornerstone of who we are as a company remains:
Intelligentics designs and implements customer-centered systems to measure and enhance customer experience. By applying the principles of God’s Word to our lives and work we become examples of servant leadership and integrity, bring measurable value to our clients, and profitably build our lives.
Doing right by clients, team members, and community is at the heart of our mission. It is merely an extension of what God established through Moses thousands of years ago in today’s chapter. It has pulsed at the core of my career with every customer survey, every analyzed phone call, and every client coaching session.
Every interaction between a business and their customer is human. Every interaction between me and my client is human. When business dehumanizes customers, clients, or its own team members in order to profit or gain power, God is offended. It’s a spiritual issue. God wants His people to lead with love-charged integrity both at home and in the marketplace. It’s foundational to building community that thrives.
It’s time for me to start the daily transition from sitting at the table in the quiet with God to sitting at the desk to serve our clients. Guess what?
It’s the same table, and the two are inexorably intertwined.
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