Who Owns Your Business? Really...

Proverbs 3:9 (MSG) Honor GOD with everything you own; give him the first and the best.

Honoring God is not a subject with which to trifle; it is an all-or-nothing attitude. This is not only a leadership principal: it is for every one.

God has made it clear that paying lip service to Him, but behaving as if YOU are really God, is dangerous and is the quintessential definition of hypocrisy.

How is God-honoring attitude expressed? One way, for the business owner, is realizing that the innovations for product development, the implementations of manufacturing efficiencies, the impact on the marketplace each have their source in God. This insight could radically change how one views business.

God honoring begins with how we view our origin and destiny. It is expressed in our personal relationships. It sometimes meets a roadblock with business – after all, it is just business. Wrong. In the marketplace, especially, those not in touch with God watch carefully those who claim to be connected to Him. Giving Him the best includes giving the boss the best – not matter how the boss treats you. You work for Him.

If you own the business, there is even a greater opportunity to honor God in the way you respond to employees, customer, vendor and others. This God-honoring thing it not a Sunday thing – it is a life thing.

Do you give Him the best you have to offer – or do you save that for yourself?



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