God and Your Business

BY ERIKAN GODWIN

This article is design to encourage owners of large, medium or small scale businesses. I strongly believe that after you must have read this article, the eyes of your understanding towards success in business, will be enlightened, teaching you to understand that the beauty of the gospel is simply on its application to our daily lives. This is what produces result. Faith is simply doing the word.

Some Christians wonder why despite their persistent commitment to spiritual matters, holding leadership positions in church, sometimes preach and pray against poverty, and so on, yet they still suffer financial handicap. The bible says, he that sows to the flesh, shall in the flesh reap corruption, but he that sows in the spirit shall in the spirit reap life everlasting. In other words, life is garbage in garbage out. If you put in little, you get little. If much is invested, much will be harvested. The bag that bears the coins, holds the greatest weight.

“..…That thou mayest observe to do all that is written therein for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success” (Joshua 1:8B), ………(James 1:25).

May you receive absolute understanding in Jesus name Amen.

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To advertise means to publicize a product or services. To simplify it means to tell someone or a numbers of persons about your business, product or services. We are all God’s product and He’s our producer and marketer. We have been designed, furnished, and ready for exhibition. This tells you that God Himself is a business man who believes in investment to earn profits. (Matthew 25 14-17) God is still in the business of advertising people. Mostly those who avail themselves as vessels unto honour.

Now there was a day that the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them And the Lord said unto Satan where comest thou? Then Satan answered the lord and said from going To and Fro in the earth, and walking up and down in it.

Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God eschewed evil? (Job 1 6-8)kjv

From the passage just read, this talks about the season when God’s furnished works came to the international trade Centre as exhibition to show themselves but Job was an outstanding product who’s lifestyle was of an enviable design. God Himself was the one who went on to announce Job. He still does it today and will continues to do same to as many who believe. He will announce you and your business.

“And He shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and the judgement as the noonday. (Psalm 37 6)

“Arise and shine for thy light is come and the glory of Lord is risen upon thee

For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people

But the lord shall arise upon thee, and the glory shall be seen upon thee

And the Gentiles shall come to thy light and Kings to the brightness of thy rising” (Isaiah 60 1-3

When God desires to promote a man, he programs the environment and conditions time to play to his advantage. To us it appears like a coincidence, but with God, it’s no coincidence. The clusters of insects around the electric lamp at night explains how the glory of God on a man’s life attracts men to him.

According to the above passage; Isaiah 60:2, God had to cause darkness to have a covering on the earth so that the only available Light can be seen clearly (glory can be seen). The strength of your touch light can only be better seen in tick darkness. I pray that God shall orchestrate time and chance to your favour in Jesus name, amen.

Let’s pause and pray

Father!

Please let your glory radiate in my life and business, projecting my fame throughout the state.

Father!

Help me to cover more grounds

Father!

Announce me in Jesus name, amen!

You are created to express God’s glory. Your life is supposed to be a testimony that radiates the dividends of the gospel. God is looking for people to take as finished works to exhibition at the world trade Centre. He is looking for people to “Show case” before men and powers in higher place.

“But ye are chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people. That ye should show forth the praises of him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light” (1Peter 2 9) KJV

From the above passage, the main essence of making you a chosen generation, royal priesthood, a holy nation, and a peculiar people is that ye should SHOW Forth the praises of him who has called us out of poverty, ignorance, hunger, etc. into his marvelous light. Therefore you are a masterpiece ready to be celebrated. In that Isaiah 60:2B the bible says “ and His glory shall be seen upon thee”. God’s glory upon your life and upon your business makes you a public figure within a very short time such that what ever line of business you lunch into prospers by mere obedience to principles.

He shall be a tree planted by the rivers of water that

bringeth his fruit in it season; his leaf also shall not whiter;

And whatsoever he does shallprosper (Psalm 1:3) KJV

When you understand this principle, there are certain prayers you will not struggle to pray because it will no longer be necessary. You will only confess it in faith and act on it.

Whatever my hands does shall prosper.
Therefore I am successful in this business in Jesus name, amen. (Psalm 1:3)

The gospel of Jesus Christ is the business of salvation and God is still looking for marketers. (Matthew ;9:37) it might interest you to know that the blessings of God upon the life of a believer is another form of evangelism. This blessings on your life attracts both the believers and mostly the unbelievers to you according to (Psalm 60:3). Now tell me, what would he not do to save souls.

In the book of Act 1:8, I quote

But ye shall receive power, after the Holy Ghost is come upon you, and ye shall be witness unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria and unto the uttermost part of the earth (Act 1:8)KJV

This can be paraphrased as; but you shall receive God’s divine empowerment through his spirit and after this has happen, you shall be my witness, representative, ambassadors, evidence, proves, examples exhibitions etc. To your immediate neighborhood and then to the uttermost parts of the earth. In other word, I will make you a global picture of the gospel of Christ.

“Ye are epistle written in our heart, known and read all men” (2Corith 3:2)Kjv

You are the scripture which speaks of the gospel written in our consciousness, acquainted, read, pictured, viewed, analyzed, and observed by everyone. People want to see the dividend of the gospel written in your life, both in holiness and in the overflowing blessing of the most High God.

According to 2 Corinthians 3:6A, who had made us able ministers of the new testament i.e. God has made us able custodians, pictures, ambassadors, witness, evidences exhibitions and samples of the new covenant in the gospel of Christ.

The gospel of Christ can be preached through so many means. Through holiness, the word of God our gifts and talents, healings signs and wonder our state of wellbeing and even through God’s overflowing blessings upon our lives. Therefore start conditioning your heart to be used by him.

ADVERTISING YOUR BUSINESS

One of the most common business strategy known to everyone is advertisement. Both in large scale and in small scale businesses, even the old women in the village are exposed to this concept. They take up their best farm produce as samples to attract customer’s patronage.

What really do we advertise in Businesses?

Among a large number of them, I will mention but a few.

- You advertise yourself (personality).

-You advertise your product/services.

-You advertise your technical-know-how/business expertise.

Advertising Yourself

Like I said earlier, the gospel is the business of salvation, and Jesus planted marketers one of them was Paul.

For I speak to you Gentiles,

In as much as I am the apostle of the Gentile, I magnify mine office (Romans 11:1).

In business, this is popularly known as “packaging”. This does not only apply to goods but also to business owners.

Paul saw and understood that the best way to market the gospel was to magnify (package) his office i.e. to be a physical reflection of the gospel he was preaching to provoke others to emulation.

There is a statement believed to be very true i.e. "you don’t get a second chance to create your first impression".

If you want to preach to people about the benefits of your business products and services, then let your physical appearance paint a good portrait of it.

Advertising your Product/Services

But I have greater witness than that of John; for the works which the father hath gives me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the further hath sent me John 4:6.

Do you really think that if Jesus had not demonstrated at least one miracle that even his disciples would have believed in him?

“This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him John 2:11.

Jesus was advertising what I consider to be his products and services which is the gospel and its dividends in John 4:7 – 16, when Jesus went out for marketing, he saw a client; a Samaritan woman on his way to Galilee, he humbly stopped by and started marketing his products and services from verse number Ten. In verse number twelve she asked Jesus of what product or services he had better than pre-existing ones i.e. why should I subscribe to yours? And at the end of the day the success he gained on one customer, client or subscriber generated more interested participants according to verse number 28.

The woman then left her water pot, and went her way into the city, and south to the men.Come, see, a man which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ; then they went out of the city, and came unto him (John 4:28 –30) kjv

God can announce you even by using just one person. You need diligence and honesty.

Let’s pause and pray

Father!

- Bring business destiny helpers my way.

- Let them announce me even in areas I have never been to in Jesus name Amen, (John 4:28 - 30).

- Teach me how to market my goods and services.

- Put the right words in my mouth (Isaiah 50:4). Amen! Amen! Amen!

Believe that your prayers are answered and you will begin to see results.

Please, please, please handle your business as one who has seen a future in it, don’t be casual, don’t be lackadaisical, and don’t be lazy.

“Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, no device, nor knowledge nor wisdom, in the grave whither then goest Ecclesiastes 9:10.

When advertising your products and services, there are two important factors that you must point out vividly which are-

Durability and potency

A friend of mine who owns a laundry shop, was introduced to a client who needed to have a pair of suit washed and ironed. According to this friend, he had never thought of doing anything so different from usual but to apply diligence in his work. Surprisingly two days after delivering those cloths, he was called back by the same client to come and pick up fifty more suits for washing. Most people would want to see how good you are before you can earn their trust.

Advertising your Business Experience/Technical Know-how

Selling a product you don’t really understand is like preaching the gospel of the Jesus you have not known or accepted to sinners. In such cases, what happened to the sevens sons of one Sceva in Acts19:1-16, will definitely happen to you. In business terms, your customers of which you are trying to market the product to, may get you arrested, believing that you are a “419” ambassador (Nigerian Nick name for fraud stars).

Try to be good at what you do or you try doing what you are good at.

Today, we discover that many health establishment with new products to be sold, will desire marketers; these marketers do not necessarily need to be doctors, pharmacist or nurses. This is simply because before they are sent into the market, they will be given an orientation seminar on how these drugs work before setting in to sell them. This shows that knowledge is an essential commodity on business.

And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. Proverbs 24:4

You need to have a good knowledge of what you do if you want to prosper.

That which was from the beginning, which “we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the word of life; for the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and sheen, unto you that eternal life, which was with the father, and was manifested unto us; that which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the father, and with his son Jesus Christ (1 John 1-)

It is good to present to people what you have a personal conviction about. Your conviction makes you speak with boldness, it makes you speak as a resource person.

Marketing language

The marketing language of something is simply its unique quality that:

- makes it outstanding in the midst of competitors,

- capture the interest of its target market.

It is that quality that makes your product or services to be international accepted, and also regarded as the relationship between your product and the cultural interest of people in your immediate environment.

The more the acceptance, the wider the grounds you cover. Don’t plan to be a local champion; prepare to go wide.

The two factors mentioned are the most effective and most considered reason why some can’t really go far.

Who are your competitors? And what is your target market?

In the book of Act 2 : 4 – 8 when the Holy Ghost came on them, they all became unique in the languages they spoke, each of them had their own language to speak, this was why they still had customers individually to listen to them simply because they never tried to copy from someone else. They were situated at the international trade market where they had devout men out of every nation under heaven but each of them spoke their own unique language.

Let’s try to be unique, let’s try to be original, let’s strife for excellence.

Secondly, who is your target market? Is it your village? Then you may never go beyond your village, is it your country? Then, you will never go beyond your country. But if you have a global picture as your target market, then you are a super star.

You must begin to see into the glory of which you desire to become.

“But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass glory of the Lord, we changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the spirit of the Lord”. (2 Corinthians 3:17)

“And he brought him forth abroad, and said, look now toward heaven, and tell the stars of thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, so shall thy seed be”. (Genesis 15:5).

Let’s pray ...!

Father!

Give to me a good market language that will make me outstanding and gain an international acceptance.

Father!

Open my eyes to see opportunities beyond my mediate environment. I refuse to be a local champion in Jesus name Amen.

What then is Knowledge?

Knowledge is defined as an information or awareness gained through experience or education. The accumulation of a vast and deep level of knowledge promotes our personality. Knowledge is a justifier. What you know defines who you are.

“And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know and Paul I know; but who are you? (Act 19:15).

These men lacked the knowledge of who Jesus was, therefore their personality was not identified with him. They thought they could exercise power without knowledge.

Knowledge should not be stereotyped. A rich Knowledge should be deep, complex and manifold in its nature for God is manifold in wisdom (Psalm 104:24) so you cannot access all of God’s fullness if you don’t seek, ask, demand, enquire, search or study to know him in all ramification.

Till we all come to the Unity of faith and of the knowledge of the son of God unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the status of the fullness of Christ “Ephesians 4:13

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so, that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing”. 1 Corinthians 13:2.

To paraphrase this passage, I can say, that though I have these categories of knowledge, such as

- Prophetic knowledge

- Devine/spiritual

- Circular knowledge

Which in turn produce faith, due to absence of love and passion, I still remain a “nobody”. In other words, if you have love, then any gained knowledge can take you were ever you want to be and whoever you aspire to be. Therefore through knowledge you gain a personality before people.

“Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings;

He shall not stand before men. (Proverbs 22:29)

Studying is another form of diligence. The more you invest in seeking to know, the more you discover. This sets you apart for recognition. This means that the more your acquire knowledge, the more of it you become.

You become more of what the word of God talks about when you study to know more of what it is all about.

But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his dead (James 1:25)

The perfect law of liberty also has a work to be performed.

“…that thou mayest observe to do all that is written therein….” (Joshua 1:8).

The rate of unemployment today in Nigeria is not primarily because people are lazy but rather because we went to school, gathered some knowledge but we were never taught why we needed them. This is when the application of it comes into play.

3x + x = 4x

This can never generate revenue if not properly applied to solve a particular need in the society.

Knowledge is only an asset if those who possess them can

- Apply them,

- Brand them and

- And market them

Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight; Psalm 144:1

David was successfully in his business of making war and conquering cities because he was endowed with much knowledge on how to handle his arsenals and command his army. May God expose us to the level and dimension of knowledge needed for our success in Jesus name. Amen

I thank the Almighty God who has through the Holy Spirit given me the grace and wisdom to put this information into writing. May He alone be glorified in Jesus Name Amen.

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God and Your Business

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