Turning Opportunity into Prosperity
With all that I have been through in the last week or so I have a lot of things stored up that I need to say. My experiences have caused me to re-evaluate my life and my businesses. I have realized that a lot of times my focus was not in the right place, and therefore, my business did not flourish the way that I expected it to.
Are You Guilty of This?...I Am!
We all sometimes become self-absorbed and think that we have it all together. We will come up with the perfect business plan, conceptualize the ultimate marketing strategy, and attempt to carry out the plan according to our own brilliance. Well, I have recently realized that every ability and opportunity that we have is simply another opportunity to glorify God. We were given these opportunities and/or abilities for that purpose.
So they will flourish only when we are alert and responsive to opportunities for us them as a ministry. I am not saying that you have to stand behind the cash register quoting scripture to every customer; but I am saying that people may see something different about you even from the way your business operates.
Even the simplest things will draw people to you that need to hear your story. Will you allow yourself to be used to bring that person to God? or will you selfishly send them on their way with a receipt like every other customer?
My Own Experience
I can remember times that I was blessed with an opportunity and didn't even think about the reason that I may have been given that opportunity. Because of that oversight, I would not recognize when God was trying to use me for something. It would not hit me until later that I had missed the "opportunity" that was probably the reason I was put there in the first place. How foolish of us to think that our blessings are of our own power and come with no price.
Our whole life should be a ministry, including our businesses. We have to re-structure the way that we see the word "opportunity". In every "Business Opportunity" there is a "Glory Opportunity". If our focus is on the latter, you will begin to see the true potential of the former. So lets learn to be "about our fathers business" even while operating our own. Because if we are about his business, he will be about ours. Be blessed!
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Are You Guilty of This?...I Am!
We all sometimes become self-absorbed and think that we have it all together. We will come up with the perfect business plan, conceptualize the ultimate marketing strategy, and attempt to carry out the plan according to our own brilliance. Well, I have recently realized that every ability and opportunity that we have is simply another opportunity to glorify God. We were given these opportunities and/or abilities for that purpose.
So they will flourish only when we are alert and responsive to opportunities for us them as a ministry. I am not saying that you have to stand behind the cash register quoting scripture to every customer; but I am saying that people may see something different about you even from the way your business operates.
Even the simplest things will draw people to you that need to hear your story. Will you allow yourself to be used to bring that person to God? or will you selfishly send them on their way with a receipt like every other customer?
My Own Experience
I can remember times that I was blessed with an opportunity and didn't even think about the reason that I may have been given that opportunity. Because of that oversight, I would not recognize when God was trying to use me for something. It would not hit me until later that I had missed the "opportunity" that was probably the reason I was put there in the first place. How foolish of us to think that our blessings are of our own power and come with no price.
Our whole life should be a ministry, including our businesses. We have to re-structure the way that we see the word "opportunity". In every "Business Opportunity" there is a "Glory Opportunity". If our focus is on the latter, you will begin to see the true potential of the former. So lets learn to be "about our fathers business" even while operating our own. Because if we are about his business, he will be about ours. Be blessed!
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