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Just like many people nowadays, I was offering myself daily as a burnt sacrifice on the altar of work. Just like many people so called “driven" I was pursuing my career at any cost, implicit and explicit cost both included. I was willing to work long hours, travel far away, commute long distance, and spend a lot of time away from my wife and kids whom I love dearly. Just like my co-workers and friends, I was interested in my work and I became consumed by my work. I began to think it is ok for some of my behavior and bad habits which were the result of being overworked and overstressed. Unlike many of my coworkers who developed a great deal of harmful symptoms such as: instability, volatile personality, anger, frustration, drugs, family and marital problems, but my symptoms were more spiritual.

I had noticed my personal time with my God, Lord and Savior had shrunk; my taste for reading the Bible is less delightful and my fellowship time with others believers was becoming less enjoyable. I was close of becoming a “workalcholic” if God did not rescue me from that labyrinth that I was about to enter. God has established me to be a spiritual leader, high priest, intercessor and a shepherd in my house but that divine mission was second to my work.

I have been witnessing some people consumed by their job; they become to be worshippers of their job rather than God. I have also noticed many people who spent all their lives sacrificing for their career and their career became their God and they let their career dictated their behavior. They were so willing to succeed that they were ready to do whatever was required even if that apparent success they were running after could cost them something greater than their precious life.

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