I just finished watching Undercover Boss on Ch 5, and it highlighted some really important things to me.

The COO, all ‘wise’ and clever in many terms, went undercover and spent a week working at the lower rungs of the corporate ladder to get a better feel of how his company works. And at the end of the show, he came to realize that he has drawn too clear a line between work and personal. Everything has been about spreadsheets and presentations, and he failed to see the human nature behind the work.

In particular, there was this jockey valet whose daughter was born with a defect in her heart. She wanted to be a jockey and he was going to train her to be one, but she sadly passed away at the age of 20 years old. And when the COO was too focused on the figures and stats of the company, he realized that they only represent half of the picture. The figures simply do not represent the people that were working for him.

And this seemed to emphasize a point that has been repeated. Man’s wisdom, or God’s wisdom?

We are always striving to better ourselves, to fight for that next better qualification, that next better paycheck, that next better social status. But have we lost our human nature in this rat race?

We have always been told that seeking such man’s wisdom is the only way to ensure a satisfactory life, but I think this show is just another proof point that our own wisdom, or what we like to call them, often just fails us.

God’s ways have never been about achievements. It was always about us, with all our imperfections. God does not care about what we can achieve, because it is not about what we do, but our hearts that matter.

I have to be honest, I’m one of those guys who place a lot of faith in my own efforts and I always strive to achieve the best that I can. And I fear that I’m missing out on the main point. Therefore, Lord, I ask that you constantly remind me, and keep it engraved in my heart that I will never forget your ways, that I will never forget you are the only one that matter.

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