Christian Business Builder

“… and he shall direct thy paths.” (Proverbs 3:6b)

The fourth step to successful business is to allow God to direct your paths. Sounds simple doesn’t it? Yet, if truth be told this is the most difficult step of all.

Remember a guy named Adam? He had it made! He was the unique creation of Holy God who was the first of the entire human race. He was given a pristine world to keep, a wife to love, a garden to tend, a God who walked with him every day, and only one thing he could not do. Pretty sweet set up don’t you think?

I don’t really know how long it lasted, but even in these truly perfect conditions, Adam found a way to mess things up. The reason? He wanted to direct his own path! Eve had taken of the fruit and now Adam was left with a choice. Follow God and see how he would deal with Eve or follow Eve and turn from God’s direct command on his life. We all know which choice Adam made and what his choice cost him, his family, and his God.

Now, in our modern culture, we are constantly bombarded by the voices of the experts who want to be your guiding light in every phase of life and business. These voices tend to uplift man while quietly (and sometimes not so quietly) diminishing God’s role in your day to day choices. Subtly we hear that God wants us to be happy and that real success is always about money and possessions and that for three easy payments of $39.99 plus shipping and handling they are willing to share with us all that we need to be healthy, happy, and RICH! (And before you swamp me with a whole list of the verses about God wanting us to be rich, I will get to that later in this series.) When all is said and done they are rich, we are wandering in the wilderness, and only Satan is really happy.

All this because we didn’t let God direct our paths!

Why should we surrender our life (including our business) to the direction of God?

1. No one knows better what is best for us than God. He is the very giver of our life and he never gives life without purpose. (Psalm 71:6)
2. No one can empower us to succeed better than God. God’s word says that the one who lives in us (the Holy Spirit) is greater than the one who lives in this world (Satan). (1 John 4:4)
3. No one can guarantee success like God. (Psalm 1)

You see, God never works to our detriment. He always works to give us place to worship him and bring glory to his name. It is the same in life and business. That being said, we need to allow him to direct all of our life’s path!

Talk more later ….