February 26

TEAM SELLING WITH MY D.M.

Father, thank You for bringing me to this place and this time today. I ask You to speak to me right now, and to let Your Word breathe life into my heart. Please use these next few moments to bring me to more of a fullness of You and to learn more of Your Glory and how to leave the footprints of Jesus everywhere I go today. In Jesus Name I pray. Amen!

Read Matthew 5:17-20

I have worked in sales for some time and a highly common characteristic of most all sales jobs is that the most productive and successful people promote. It is not based on any system of seniority or anything other than your personal bottom line. This fosters an extremely competitive atmosphere among coworkers. Several years ago I was working in a mattress store, and to be honest I was not the best at sales in my store. I had my moments, but my two coworkers were much more seasoned and experienced. I was always struggling to meet my monthly budget and quota. One day though our District Manager was in the store for a visit. It was towards the end of the month and I was close to making my month, but was worried if it was going to happen or not. A woman in her early thirties came in, and it was my turn in our rotation system. I mostly led her through the store, but my D.M. decided to help along the way. He had her laughing and joking around most of the time she was in the store. She wound up making a rather large purchase which not only helped me make my month, but motivated me to stay driven and actually finish near the top in total sales and units for that particular month.

These verses brought this episode to mind just now. Jesus told those on the hillside with him that their righteousness must not only be great, but must surpass that of the leaders in their religious society in order to gain entrance into heaven. At this particular company my sales numbers not only had to be consistently higher than my monthly goals for me to make money, they had to be above the overall year goal for me to keep my job.

I was able to have a spectacular month one time because my D.M. decided to step in and help me in a very real and experiential way. I might have closed this sale to this woman on my own, but it may have not been for as much, and it may have not motivated me for the rest of the month. I obtained temporary excellence in my job by relying on the strengths of someone else.

We will never reach this level of righteousness on our own. We can only get their by letting Jesus step into our lives and live it out for us. We have to surrender to Him and let Him be our righteousness. I want to urge you today to remember that you are not on your own. You are not on an island. He is with you and wants to lead. Let Him.

Leave His footprints as you walk today!