All businesses are started by faith because "faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen." A person starts a business believing that there is revenue out in the world waiting to come to him. He cannot see it but he hopes for it and then obeys his belief by working to find a product or service that he can offer to other people that will cause them to give their money in exchange for his product or service.
This level of faith can produce great earthly abundance for some people, but it does not lead to eternal life. Faith in Jesus Christ alone leads to right standing before Father God enabling you to inherit an everlasting home in Heaven. Then, His will and way via biblical instruction should be the guiding principles for you when you start a business or if you already have a business (lucrative or not).
When it's not, you will go outside biblically moral boundaries to produce earthly wealth or some other eternally meaningless, short-lived satisfaction. True faith in God and the integrity that it produces in Christians is a vital means by which we use our business resources to support the preaching of the gospel in our community and throughout the world to lead others to Jesus Christ so they can inherit eternal life. It does not mean that we do not also donate time and money to other meaningful charity work, yet each true believer wants everyone to have this precious eternal inheritance and will make sure that funding of the gospel is his / her number one priority.
Thus, we do all we can to present the truth to people without forcing them to accept Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. Force is not His way of operating but persistence, patience, establishing His standards in your life and business, and willingness to be a mouthpiece for Him are definitely His way of doing things. It's very important that your faith be expressed in your personal and business endeavors in a way that produces good fruit.
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Ecclesiastes 5:8-11, Romans 12:10-13, Hebrews 11:1-2, James 5:1-8
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