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How Biblical Prosperity Looks Like

“But, lest we cause them to stumble, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take up the first fish that comes up. When you have opened its mouth, you will find a stater coin. Take that, and give it to them for me and you.”” ‭‭(Matthew‬ ‭17:27‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

When Jesus was on earth, He didn’t live in a palace, He didn’t own lots of land and He wasn’t considered a rich man. He wasn’t poor or destitute either. He earned a living as a carpenter and owned His own house in Capernaum.

Whenever there was a need, He never lacked. When there was no food in the deserted countryside, He multiplied loaves of bread and fishes. To pay the temple tax, He received a supernatural word of wisdom from His Father that He would send a fish with a coin in its mouth to provide the payment.

This is Biblical prosperity that every believer can experience—to have no lack and always be supplied for every need.

Not every Christian will be a multi-millionaire—there is a special calling for rich believers and that is to be generous givers towards the work of the Gospel.

Notice that God the Father didn’t create a silver coin for Jesus out of thin air. God provides for our needs through legitimate channels—He gives us the power to obtain wealth by giving us creative ideas and knowledge that will result in income if we act on them as led by the Holy Spirit.

God knows where all the ‘fishes with silver coins in their mouths’ are. He can direct them to swim towards you and tell you when to reel them in. This is the special advantage we have as children of God—we have insider info from the all-knowing, all-powerful God.

“When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep, and let down your nets for a catch.” Simon answered him, “Master, we worked all night, and took nothing; but at your word I will let down the net.” When they had done this, they caught a great multitude of fish, and their net was breaking.” ‭‭(Luke‬ ‭5:4-6‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

Work harder, no sleep, grind hard, no pain no gain. These are all the world can do because they can only rely on their own fleshly smarts, strength and abilities which are limited by the capabilities of man.

Without God’s favor, you can toil stressfully all night, sacrificing everything in life and still get nothing.

“Unless Yahweh builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil; for he gives sleep to his loved ones.” ‭‭(Psalms‬ ‭127:1-2‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

Rely on Jesus—through His Spirit in you, He can guide you what to do and exactly when to do it to haul in the biggest catch. You can tap on His unlimited wisdom and power.

It helps to swim along the river’s powerful current instead of against it—you’ll go further, faster!

The four gospels are full of powerful truths and if you read it right, you’ll see God’s heart of love and Grace towards us. Understand them through the lens of the New Covenant of Grace: https://bit.ly/understandeveryparable

【Lesson #4 - Hire slow, fire fast】
Just as excess fat can lead to clogged arteries and increase the probability of heart attacks, non-performing co-founders or team members can slowly (or in some cases quickly) kill your company if left unchecked. In my recent conversation with Hai Nguyen, founder & CEO of Canavi (AW#20), a tech-enabled recruitment platform based out of Vietnam, he talks about how giving a pair of bad apple co-founders free reign almost led to the demise of his first business, while stressing the importance for first-time founders to foster the discipline required to maintain a lean and entrepreneurial team.

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My first business was a video production agency. After managing to build it up to a decent size, I realized just how inexperienced I was as a founder and eventually brought on two other co-founders with more industry experience to help the company scale. One came from 6 years of experience at a digital marketing agency and the other was previously a marketing director at a large corporate. Now, the typical startup playbook will have you create an MVP first to test out market demand, firing bullets before cannonballs, if you will. But, right off the bat, my co-founders came in guns blazing, purchasing top of the line equipment, hiring new staff, and generally throwing money at problems whenever they arose.

Eventually 6 months went by, with no new clients and no additional growth in revenue. Existing clients felt underserved, staff were not happy, and I eventually found myself stuck between a rock and a hard place. Since I was new to the whole startup game, I doubted myself and thought just maybe they were right, and that perhaps we just needed a little more time for their plans to pay off. But when you find yourself on the brink of bankruptcy, your perspectives tend to change—you go into survival mode. It was my first time firing anyone, and boy did it impact me. I spent 2 days sulking at home, just sitting with those feelings. But after getting past the trough, I went back to work and set our priorities straight, allowing the company to become profitable again after 2 months and eventually acquired several years later by one of Vietnam’s largest media groups.

“Hire slow, fire fast”—everyone has heard of this concept and understands it thoroughly. But when it comes to implementation, many founders tend to falter. Perhaps due to a naive sense of optimism or a natural aversion to pain, or both, first-time founders often put off these hard conversations a lot longer than they should. Firing a non-performing co-founder or team member won’t kill your company, but indecision will, as startups are forever in a race against time. Maintaining a lean and entrepreneurial organization is paramount in maximizing chances of survival at the early stages, and that entails developing the discipline and foresight to endure short-term pain in service of long-term gain.

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The Only Situation Whereby God Sends Disasters in the World Today

“Yahweh said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your power. Only on himself don’t stretch out your hand.” So Satan went out from the presence of Yahweh...While he was still speaking, there also came another, and said, “The fire of God has fallen from the sky, and has burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”” (Job‬ ‭1:12, 16‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

We know from reading the Book of Job that it was Satan who afflicted Job with sores and destroyed his children, flocks, herds, servants and property.

Yet, when the servant ran to tell Job about the bad news, he said it was “the fire of God”.

People of the world who have no knowledge of the Scriptures are so quick to blame God for natural disasters in the world.

In insurance policies, they even call it “acts of God”, referring to unexpected disasters like tornadoes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, etc.

However, most of it is not even God causing these disasters.

Don’t forget that we live on a earth that’s fallen.

“For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now.” (Romans‬ ‭8:22‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

When God created the earth, He didn’t design it to produce these calamities. Adam’s sin caused the earth to be subject to death and corruption.
Earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions—these are the groans and travailing of the earth that is in “pain”.

Aside from that, although Satan has lost his rulership over the earth because of Jesus’ finished work at the cross, he is still called “the prince of the power of the air”.

“in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience;” (Ephesians‬ ‭2:2‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

He has a certain level of power and influence over nature. At least we know that he can manipulate the air, causing things like hurricanes, whirlwinds and tornadoes.

The devil probably laughs when people blame God for natural disasters which he (Satan) has caused.

When these tragedies strike, some legalistic people say it’s God judging this country or judging that group of people for their sins. This isn’t true.

In this dispensation of the church age, God’s priority is to save as many people as possible—for them to have faith in Christ Jesus as Lord.

But is there any case nowadays whereby God may judge people using natural disasters as one of the methods?

“I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”” (Genesis‬ ‭12:3‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

It is possible, if it is linked to the nation of Israel. God made a covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, saying that He would curse whoever who curses Israel.

Israel is the only nation that God made such a covenant with. The other nations of the world have no such privilege.

Whenever a nation comes against Israel to harm or destroy her, God sends a manifestation of the curse—a devastating blow upon the perpetrator for the covenant’s sake.

Look at all the great world powers that came against Israel or persecuted the Jews in history: Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome, etc.
The power of these kingdoms have been irreversibly broken.

Research Hitler’s end when he committed genocide against the Jews.

You can also read about the Antichrist’s defeat in the Book of Revelation.
The Book of Zechariah reveals that just as he thinks he’s going to conquer Jerusalem, Jesus will return with the saints and angels upon the clouds, and destroy the Antichrist and his wicked armies.

Whoever dares to harm Israel has to face God Himself. No one can withstand His overwhelming power!

In “The Book of Revelation Explained”, you will understand more about the upcoming end-time events and gain strong confidence that there’s a great victory for God’s people: https://bit.ly/bookofrevelationexplained