Success/provision is found, in most situations in life where a hard/diligent work ethic is employed. Resting on laurels does no good (remember Kodak). Those grain stores will dry up. That’s why Egypt practically became an all-out slave state when formerly the citizens were free, private-property owners. Joseph told them by prophetic interpretation of a God-given dream that 7 good years of harvest were coming, but he was the only one who feared God, saving that nation and most of the surrounding nations. But, the people were eating the just fruit of their wickedness, suffering the consequences of not having heeded the wisdom to prepare for the 7 years of famine. They were told, just like Noah told the people in his day. Just like the shrewd manager in Jesus' parable, you need to prepare for what's coming.
Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean,
but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.
(Proverbs 14:4 ESV)
In all toil there is profit,
but mere talk tends only to poverty.
(Proverbs 14:23)
Also,
You know you’re in business to help others if you keep innovating to make other people’s lives better when you are able. If you are able and only seek to squeeze profits, then you may be tending toward an ethic that is not in service of others. You could be serving your board and employees by profiting for their salaries and stock price/investment at the moment, that’s the give and take of operating a business; but, if it’s the predominant way of business to provide poor quality, overpriced, antiquated services, then you need to change your ways so that your business can affect lives for good, quit, or accept the fact that you will be fired or failing as soon as someone exercises the wisdom you do not.
No comments:
Post a Comment