For equitable distribution of life’s opportunities, we have been endowed to attain success effortlessly in our areas of strength, or else we will struggle to stay afloat. This tells that not all careers and businessesare purposeful for our destiny. You must not live, invest or run your career by speculation and expect to profit maximally. Many people are not maximising their financial destiny, because they have located themselves in a wrong business or career. Where you are now may not be your optimum if you have been divinely directed.
One of the benefits you can have as a Christian is access to divine direction in every facet of life. This is the promise that God made to His people: “I will instruct and teach you in the way you should go: I will guide you with my eye.” (Psalm 32:8). You can develop a close relationship with God to the extent that He can become your partner in progress. “The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside the still waters. (Psalm 23:1-2). God knows where profitable investment and career opportunities abound. If you partner with Him, He will instruct you on where, how and what to invest on. He has the ability to bring you out of this recession. He can also insulate your business, job, and finances from the effects of recession or economic meltdown. The negative micro and macroeconomic indicators in the economy are irrelevant as long as you are divinely directed. Even if God’s investment and career alternatives look ridiculous and unprofitable, He has the ability to turn that seemingly unprofitable venture into gold mine.
There was a man called Isaac in the Bible who profited immensely from divine direction. He wanted to relocate to Egypt in a bid to avoid the famine, God urged Him not to go, but to stay back and invest in the land he would direct him to. “There was famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham…Then the LORD appeared to him and said: Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land of which I shall tell you…so Isaac dwelt in Gerar…Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year a hundred fold; and the LORD blessed him. (Gen26:1-14). He stayed back in obedience to God’s instruction and when he invested in the land, he had maximum return on his investment, while others languished in the recession at that time.
In our present reality as a nation where businesses are winding down and people are losing their jobs, the apparent hopelessness, gloom and frustration caused by this monster called recession can only be overcome if people avail themselves of the opportunity of divine direction. Despite all the negativity bedevilling this nation, there are still myriads of opportunities for success, though; this is hidden from the glare of all and sundry. This is because the opportunities left now are meant exclusively for the preservation of those who will look up to the Almighty God through Jesus Christ for their help and sustenance.
