I once had a broker, jealous of KW's recruiting success, who said - "God first? Who are they kidding. We all know better than that". I chose not to comment (you had to be there). I'm somewhat jealous of KW's success, I wish I was doing better. I know people in KW, and from their actions, I know God isn't first in their business lives. I know others who do put God first.
I'm currently reading a book, "The Unshakable Kingdom, and the Unchanging Person" by E. Stanley Jones. He quotes a Hindu Chairman who said "If what he has just said isn't true, it doesn't matter, but if it is true, then nothing else matters". Dr. Jones had just addressed a crowd about The Kingdom and Jesus. He writes much in this book about how are world, bodies, thinking are all designed by God and work best when we stay in The Kingdom. When we violate the rules of God (insert Nature, Gravity, worship, dishonesty, or any other term you like), then our world doesn't work well. We get ulcers, we fall from high places, we worship money and have misery and less money, we're dishonest and lose friends and loved ones.
I write this because I believe the Sermon on the Mount tells us how to live in the Kingdom. It tells us how to be friends, spouses, Realtors, humans. It tells us how to live without ulcers, and to treat all humans.
An I say, even if your not a Christian (and therefore it would mean everything), treat others with the Values from the Sermon on the mount, and we wouldn't need a code of ethics. We wouldn't condemn others for their ways of thinking. We would accept the Poor and the Sick as being worthy of our attention, because they are worthy of God.
Dr. Jones talked to scientists, they said when the human body is angry or tense, hormones change, we get sick, pituitary glands do things. We're fighting The Kingdom, so we get ill. I could go on and on. Whatever your higher power, your religion, your study. You can make Heaven on Earth. Living honestly, peacefully, happy, and free - And still be a Realtor serving your client. When you've done that, your on the way to putting God first.
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