He was given the opportunity to work on another project, but instead he chose to try to pressure our company to reject the contract, since he didn't want to work for a company that was involved with munitions, even on a different project. Hint: That's a losing battle.
He obviously lost that battle, but he wisely chose to quit and take another job, rather than be fired for refusal to do the job he was hired and paid to do. He found a company more to his liking, and did well.
The System has power to crush. The wise person gets out of the way of the crusher, and lives to fight another day, in a battle that can be won.
Yet if it was a matter of working on his sabbath then he would have won.
The System has power to crush. The wise person gets out of the way of the crusher, and lives to fight another day, in a battle that can be won.
Sometimes, but thank God for those who fought and won, while sometimes righteousness as well as the contrasting the nature of the System needs to be more fully exposed as being, and that is history. The NT church was built upon such. But which hill to die on is a matter of what God states, and conscience.
“The wise person gets out of the way of the crusher, and lives to fight another day, in a battle that can be won.”
Agreed.
That is the Sun Tzu approach.
The dumb person picks a hill to stand on when they are surrounded by enemies on all sides—and are crushed.
Tell that to the martyrs ...