Let’s face it, the economy sucks right now. You can either let the economy ruin you, or bring out the best in you. I’ve chosen to do the latter, and so can you.
I’m a firm believer that God will give you ideas to help you succeed in life. You can use these ideas to build wealth, build relationships, and bring an overall satisfaction with life. God wants you to prosper, so He’ll give the ideas and tools to become prosperous.
God gives His kids ideas every single day. I’ve had to learn how to listen and pay attention to what He tries to tell me. It’s a skill, and it can be honed. Remember the scripture that tells us to listen to the voice of our Shepherd? That verse applies here. Don’t become content with where you are now. Our Creator wants to bless our socks off, and He’s telling us how to do it! We just need to listen. Then we need to ACT.
I work full-time with a real estate company but I’m running an apartment locating business, too. This is a business I can operate during my lunch hours at my full-time job. At first, I dedicated as much time as possible to running the business, but that has changed. Now, I only put in 2-3 hours per week on it and the dividends are starting to come.
He’s also directed me to do certain on the management of my money. Honestly, I’ve SUCKED at managing my money for a very, very long time. I’ve tried different systems and none of them worked, although I never had the dedication to MAKE it work. God’s told me some things on budgeting, saving, etc, etc, but I had to have the dedication to put them into practice. I had to learn how persistence overcomes resistance. I’ve been so blessed as a result.
This is only two examples of how the life of the believer can be. We are MEANT to lead extraordinary lives. We are ambassadors of Christ, overcomers, more than conquerors. This recession is an opportunity for us to shine. What ideas have come to you lately? Have you thought they came up on their own, because they didnt. What are you doing to put those ideas into reality?
Brings to mind the scripture that tells us faith without works is dead. Believe all you want that God will bring you that better paying job, a bigger house, the money to travel, blah blah blah. He’s telling us how to accomplish these things, but nothing will be done if we sit on our couches eating cheetos.
A truly and completely focused Believer is unstoppable. So start focusing, and not worrying. Your outlook determines your outcome. Change your outlook, and your outcome will follow suit.
I forget where I heard this, but it is a good quote. If an idea is from God, then you can’t stop thinking about it until you do it. I can attest to that. Sometimes we ignore those nudges from the Lord (being very persistent) trying to get our attention to do something that will be a blessing to us. I’ve really learned to be sensitive to that!