Seven Steps to Business Success - Part 2
by Dave Wellman on Mar.02, 2010, under Business, Business Development, The Bible
Ok, yesterday I told you that I had a seven step plan for business success. I told you that I would deliver that plan to you over the next seven days. I also told you that the creator of this plan can guarantee you success if and only if you are willing to follow the plan completely. If you fail to completely follow this plan your level of success will be effected.
So … without any further adoo, here is step number one in the seven steps to business success:
“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; …” (Proverbs 3:5a)
I know, I kown, you’ve heard this before. But wait, give me a chance and I will show you how all of these thought fit together before I am done and, if you believe God’s word, you will see how your success can be guaranteed if you are willing to work this plan.
Now, let’s look at step one.
Trust means to be confident or sure. It means to be bold and to make to trust. So, if we apply this to business success, we could say that if we are going to be successful in business, we need to be confident in the Lord; to be bold in him.
We need to trust in the Lord “with all our hearts.” Our heart is the seat of our intellect, emotion, and will.
So, when we put these definitions together, we need to be confident in the Lord with all of our intellect, our emotion, and our will. This means that the Lord needs to be our confidence when we consider the technical aspects of business and marketing, when we struggle with the emotional ups and downs owning a business can bring, and as we surrender our will for success to that of the Lord. (Remember he doesn’t always define success the same way that we do.)
It is a simple first step, but it is not an easy one. To truly trust in the Lord means that you have to always agree with him and yield yourself to his direction throughout the course of your business career. Add to this the fact that Satan battles, seeks to blind and discourage all those who trust in the Lord and you have to make a real commitment to this first step.
However, if you are willing enough and surrendered enough God will bring you to a place of real success if you trust in him with all your heart.
Tomorrow - “and lean not unto thine own understanding.”
