Bible MBASample

If You Snooze, You Lose 

He becomes poor who works with a slack and idle hand, but the hand of the diligent makes rich. Proverbs 10:4 AMPC 

It is one thing to know what to do, it is entirely another matter to diligently do what you have to. In the end, it is not power or knowledge but action: the diligent pursuit of a course that will determine if you ultimately enter into the profit that God seeks to bless your business with. 

Many a believer assumes that grace is supposed to grant us a waiver, so we don't have to go through the process. Not true. Work was not a sentence passed on mankind after the fall; it was actually the primary assignment God gave Adam in the garden: “And the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to tend and guard and keep it.” (Genesis 2:15 AMPC)

Many today think that shouting a very loud 'Amen' to 'prophetic declaration' is all they need to prosper their business. It is not. In reality, God's blessing for the works of our hands is unlocked by attending diligently to the work that God has given us to do. 

It might not seem like a great faith-filled buzz phrase, but the Bible says, “Steady plodding brings prosperity; ...” (Proverbs 21:5 TLB) We'd all rather that prosperity was easier, but apparently, it isn't. 

The admonition is, of course, not to become a workaholic. That extreme also has its own pitfall. “It is senseless for you to work so hard from early morning until late at night, fearing you will starve to death; for God wants his loved ones to get their proper rest.” (Psalms 127:2 TLB)

It is, therefore, not the fear of poverty that should drive the believer to work so hard ("God has not given us a spirit of fear, ..." [2 Timothy 1:7 NKJV]), rather, it is love for God, a spirit of excellence, and the unshakeable conviction that we are not merely engaged in business but pursuing an assignment.