This program will help you undo financial bondage.
Everyone is designed to work and many people are fashioned and skilled to work for others, yet some people are gifted with a vision that thrusts them into entrepreneurial endeavors. Work in any of these forms God created and good for allowing people to exercise their mental, physical, and spiritual well-being and take dominion over the earth and everything that God created in it.
Each person should realize that he is no more special than any other person regardless of the role that he plays in the work environment: that of a business-owner / CEO or secretary / worker bee. We simply play different roles and each one is ordained by God and honored by Him as long as the type of work falls within the bounds of biblical morality.
Many of those truly gifted, called, and trained as business-owners and corporate executives generally have a different level of vision that allows them to see the end goal that seems impossible to achieve at the moment. They are also able to formulate a plan of attack that will allow them to realize the goal or obtain something very close to it using, in the beginning, resources that seem too meager to get them where they want to be.
In order to grasp the fact that God will bless people who pursue entrepreneurial endeavors and even more so when they present them as a sacrifice to Him, one only needs to read and ask the Holy Spirit for understanding concerning the entrepreneurial endeavors of Abraham, Jacob, Job, Boaz, Jesse-father of King David, Joseph of Arimathea, Lydia-seller of purple, and many others contained in scripture. He is delighted when people use the gifts He has given them in order to serve other people in a positive manner by providing employment, products, and services that can help them live a better and more fulfilling life.
Now, everyone cannot at the same time become entrepreneurs otherwise those truly called to such endeavors would not be able to meet staffing needs to bring forth the vision God has given them. Thus, those called to business should honor and treat well those that are employees recognizing that they are partners in the grand plan that God is using to make products and provide services for the betterment of mankind.
Unfortunately, some people on both sides of the ledger (business-owner / CEO and employee / worker bee) do not realize the unique place that God positioned the other and sometimes this causes them to have a respecter-of-persons attitude that distrusts, belittles, and considers those at the other end of the spectrum unworthy of God’s greater blessing and reward.
You can be delivered from this type of attitude by understanding that each work role is vital and honorable before God and is to be done with all your might and skill as unto the Lord. Also, you will overcome haughty and high-minded mentalities by understanding that an entrepreneur will often go through years of training as an employee before coming into His own. He should desire respect from other people and display the same respect to others no matter what their employment positions.
If he has been mistreated and looked down on by those at the top levels of former employers, this should be a lesson to him to not mimic that same mistreatment to those that will eventually work for him. Rather, he should treat them with the utmost respect and allow this consideration to help him and his board of advisors set workplace rules, safety procedures, employee compensation, benefits packages, etc. in accordance with the scriptural command to love his neighbors as he loves himself.
If you truly want to be fulfilled and know that God is pleased with your endeavors, make sure that the type of work is not immoral or illegal and make a habit of frequently announcing to yourself, and others when necessary, that God is the true owner of the business and you are the manager of His affairs for this endeavor. Frequently, invite Him to speak to you and your board of advisors about the vision, goals, organization, workflow, and witty ideas and ways to fulfill the calling that He has given you via the entrepreneurial endeavor.
He is able to keep you from falling and point you in the right direction concerning business needs and pursuits. He will strengthen you to overcome the trials, obstacles, and hardships that you will face in this arena. Ultimately, He will let you know or let situations tell you when, for how long, and for what purpose you are to pursue entrepreneurial endeavors. For some this lasts a lifetime and spans many generations and for others it may be a much shorter time period. Trust Him and look to Him and He will ensure that you will reach the finish line He destined for you!
A couple of other tips to keep in mind, many of the same practices that make for successful stewardship of personal finances also make for successful stewardship of entrepreneurial endeavors:
Plan and budget income and expenses, eliminate / pay off debt, work to operate on a debt-free basis, refuse to cosign, establish a six-month to one year emergency fund, invest profits, and diversify investments and asset. Using these tools as part of the spiritual moral foundation outlined above will greatly prosper your endeavors.
Please pray for this ministry and email any questions. May God bless you richly as you follow His plan!!!
Psalm 90:17, 128:1-2, Proverbs 12:11, Acts 20:24, James 2:26, 5:1-6
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