Christian Business Builder

OK - so now we have looked at Proverbs 3:5-10, one of the most familiar passages in all the scripture. We have looked at it as it applies to the establishment of a biblically successful business. What I would like to do here is to put all that we have learned into a short and very practical approach to business success.

1. God needs to be in control. When we look to ourselves for anything we, as Christians, limit our abilities to succeed.
2. We need to acknowledge God’s involvement in our business. I once read a book about a Christian man who ran a plastics company in Ohio. He created a one page testimony of his salvation and placed that one page testimony in every box shipped from his plant. He didn’t try to “cram” his religion down the throats of those he sold to, but he did acknowledge God and his place in his life to every customer.
3. We need to remember that when God blesses our business with success we need to consider him a worthwhile partner and honor him with our substance. God’s work needs to be funded at rates far in excess of the tithe. If we give to God first, he will be inclined to make our businesses more successful and more prosperous.

God really does want to bless his people. The book of Proverbs is full of passages that speak to this desire. If we would simply pay attention to them all (not just the one’s that speak to our desires), God will bless and we will be successful!

Talk more later ….