Faith In Waiting

Isaiah 40:29-31

29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.

30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

It is sometimes hard to wait when we want something so bad or have been promised something and we don’t see it coming together for us. It’s even harder when we see someone else blessed before us. The thing in that is we can’t judge our blessing (business) off the timing of someone else’s. We don’t know how long they have been waiting.

In waiting we must stay faithful. Just because God promised it doesn’t mean we stop serving and being faithful. God wants to see if he can trust us. The thing that God has promised us and put in us has to work out. When we remain faithful to Him in continuing the work, we are telling God that we trust Him. We have faith that what He has said will come to pass.

What do we do while we wait? We need to pray, to study, to work, to remain faithful, and to grow in our faith. There is a lot of room for growth in a lot of areas while waiting. Besides, that’s what the waiting is for. God can’t release the blessing of our business until we are ready fully to receive it. We have to have the right mind, the right heart, the right amount of discipline, the right amount of expertise for whatever it is God wants to bless us with.

Have we ever thought that the blessing might not even be for us? Yes God blesses us with it. Yes it will benefit us. But what we do in life should be for God’s glory. In giving God glory we serve, we help others, and we help bring souls to Christ.

It is not always a fun time waiting. But in our waiting we have a lot of time to think. We can think of a strategy. What strategy will be better when working our business? Who can we reach from our business? Who do we want to reach from our business? What type of impact do we want our business to make on others?

Prayer and faith will get us through the waiting process. Pray that God instructs and directs us in our business. Pray that the purpose that our business was put in place for will be carried out. Pray that God sends us to those people that he wants us to bless. Pray that God not only bless our business but bless us more to be a blessing to others. With constant prayer and faith, our business will touch the masses.

Waiting is not always a bad thing. Great things come from waiting. Be patient and know that when the wait is over, the blessing will flow. Business will flourish.

Faith In ALL Things

Faith is not only for the huge things that we want to do in life. Faith is for everything we do. We have a level of faith in and for everything. We just don’t see it as such all the time. We have faith that chairs we sit in will hold us up. We have faith that our cars will get us to where we need to go on a daily basis. We have faith that we will get our paychecks come payday, for those of us that have regular jobs. We always don’t think of it, we just go day to day.

So in business we have to have faith in even the little things. Have faith in your daily efforts. Don’t just always stay so focused on the big picture. Sometimes we look so much at the big picture that we miss the details that we need to be attentive to our daily business. Yes, we need to be always mindful of the goal that we are working towards. Yes, we need to remember that we are working toward a greater purpose. But there is so much that goes into that greater purpose. We have to make those things happen. When they happen, business happens.

Being business minded is a struggle for some people, myself included. There are a lot of times that I have the opportunity to promote my business and I don’t. Honestly, I’m really not even thinking about it. Most of the time I have a one track mind and that is bad for business. That’s where my faith comes in. What I want to do is already in me. I just have to tap into it. I spend a couple of hours a day studying and reminding yourself of the things that I need to do that will help grow my business. Handing out business cards, making flyers, sharing your website are all very helpful tools.

Small things such as those will make a big difference in the progress and image of your business. Now the faith comes in with us. We have to have faith in ourselves that we have the ability to do business. We have what it takes to be business and not just run a business. Everyday we need to have on our minds what we can do to grow our business. We need to make business a priority. Sometimes we are losing because we are not as business minded as we should be. We may not be used to being business. We have to train ourselves everyday.

Never feel that you don’t have what it takes to have your own business. If you have the dream, then what you need to be successful is already in you. We have to have faith in ourselves that we can do what is necessary to be successful. Focus on being more business minded. Then we can be business and not just run a business.

Start Business with Faith

In business there should be a level of faith. Faith that God will do what He said. Faith that you have the ability to do what God has instilled in you to do. Faith that everything will work out for the good of those that love the Lord and are called according to His purpose. Faith in our business, that it will work.

Often times in entrepreneurship, discouragement hits us. We don't have the support of people we count on, family and friends. Things don't seem to be coming together. We hit every opposition possible it seems. There will be times that we feel like giving up on our dreams and passions, destinies. The thing about that is, you can never really run away from our passions and destinies. Everywhere we look we will see something that reminds us of those things. When God places a purpose on our lives, no matter how hard we try to forget, avoid, or ignore it, it will always be there. We will know that we have something to do. But sometimes it gets hard. God never promised that walking in His will and walking out our purpose would be easy. But He did promise that He would be there.

We have to remember that to be successful challenges such as these are going to arise. We have to overcome those challenges. In doing so our faith is being strengthened. We are sharper, more business minded. We are growing in God. Before we know it we have progressed so much in areas we weren’t even thinking about.  But we have to hold fast to what God has put inside of us to do. No matter whose support we have or don't have or what goes wrong, we have the Word of God. Stand on that promise.

That's where our faith comes in. Believing things will work out even when it seems like they won't. Hebrews 11:1 says, 'Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.' Meaning, we believe that what are hoping to happen with and for our business will happen even though we see no signs of it now. 'For we walk by faith, not by sight.'- 2 Corinthians 5:7

So when it comes to our business let's depend more on the Word of God and our faith rather than the opinions of others and what may be happening around us. There will be challenges, but that is when we grow and progress. Be willing to do the work to see the promise come to pass which is the success of our business. With God at the head of our business, it has no choice but to prosper. Jeremiah 29:11 says, ‘For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.’ That future is our business.

If God said it, that settles it. That’s enough for me! Have faith and believe!