"You don't have to know the key men, if you know the man with the keys."

The above statement made by Rick Warren is very insightful on a spiritual standpoint.

I’ve worked in the IT arena over 30 years and I’ve been around some very powerful people. In knowing them, I had an advantage in obtaining new positions. The problem so many times in my career was that I neglected getting to know God, the one who holds the keys of life. Thus, it was forever a struggle. Trying to please man will get you nowhere.

Had I invested in my relationship with God, I may have gone farther and faster in my career.

Know the man (God) who holds the keys. Start each day talking to Him. Let Him know your fears and desires. Ask Him for guidance. Never underestimate His love for you.

Revelation 3:7 - “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: ‘The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens.”

Serve God, not man.