Many people are sensing God’s call in their life to step out into the marketplace and to do so for the for the sake of building God’s Kingdom. People talk of wanting to help connect others and it is not important whether they get any business from it or not. I hear these comments which sound like the cry of self-sacrifice for the sake of the Kingdom and wonder what is the real underlying foundation?

All of this verbage sounds acceptable in church circles, yet the under lying foundation of that train of thought leads to sinking sand. Truly, where is God in all of that theology? The spirit of poverty that exists today would tell King David or Joseph to give away all their money and expect nothing in return. So allow me to help break what is holding many of the Christians in the marketplace back from success. Yes, there are many pragmatic people who might scream, “This is absurd! Just get to the numbers. Give me the 5 step approach on how to do what God wants in my business.” The solution is to first reveal the spiritual truth and then we can get pragmatic about business without cutting God out of the business.

Many of the biblical references speak in agricultural terms. So ask yourself, “Where in the Bible does it teach us to sow seed and do not do it expecting to reap a crop? Just the opposite is true! We are shown the demand God puts on us to steward properly so we do reap an increase.

Much of the church world believes we should give everything away or do it for a very cheap price. Once again, I ask you to ask yourself, “Where does it teach us this way of thinking in the Bible?” Everywhere in the Bible when it talks about giving to someone or forgiving someone their debts it is out of abundance and overflow. Remember there was no planting or harvesting in the 7th year, so why and how did they do this? Well, many are familiar with the supernatural reasons of why in God’s economy yet very few live the how. In actuality, very few “can” live the how. The reason is too many people are dominated by a poverty mentality which paralyzes and stifles wisdom and good judgement. The reason people could survive the 7th year without planting was because they sowed seed, reaped a harvest, and properly stewarded their profit. Out of overflow we have God given power to bring live. In a spirit of lack everyone is covered in death.

For the meat eaters discern now between supernatural provision and the use of wisdom. We need to obey the Holy Spirit and where He calls us to go. There are some who are called to live with much financial abundance and others to live from provision to provision. The key being where is your faith? For the one with much could come to trust more in his bank account than God and it would be seen in all his financial decisions. The one with less could become full of worry and enslave himself to man which then blocks and/or distorts communication with God. Both circumstances are the same thing in different manifestations. Both lack faith and trust in an almighty God.

The point being is to slow down and allow the Spirit of the Lord to come upon you. Allow the Spirit to speak to you. Then believe what He says and take action!!!

Imagine trying to put the pieces of a puzzle together at the exact same moment. Exactly! Impossible! So, how do you do it? You look at the big picture (Your God given vision) and then you take the pieces and one by one put them together. Some days it seems to flow effortlessly and other days it seems like nothing fits. At the end of the day it is not about whether it was hard, easy, or how much you got done, yet did you obey God and do what He asked of you?