No More Non-Prophets!
We've got it backwards. Prophets are supposed to be in the church, not the marketplace... or at least, I thought so.
Over my three-decade career in the ministry and the marketplace, I've been whip-sawed back and forth between the church world and the business world so much that I could win an insurance case for whiplash. This is a real pain in the neck!
Based on what I've seen, I have to ask the question: Why do non-profits seem to gladly operate without a prophet, and why do for-profit businesses seem to always want prophets, i.e.- visionary leaders?
Preaching as an evangelist, pastoring churches, raising money for oil drilling ventures, planting a new church with three physicians' families, writing books and articles, helping a Baptist church experience life in the Spirit, learning kingdom business principles in the books From Good to Great and Built to Last while working at Verizon Wireless, selling Medicare insurance to Seniors, right up to the present moment, mixing both almost daily.
In America, we can incorporate a church or a charity as a non-profit organization. This means its purpose is NOT to make money. It depends on donations and gets tax breaks. Most church workers don't go into the ministry for the purpose of becoming wealthy so they often sacrifice a lot in order to be devoted to their cause. On the other hand, we think nothing of it if someone's business not only deliberately sets out to make a substantial profit, but we congratulate them if they succeed!
Making money and succeeding is a good thing. The Prayer of Jabez is an example of how God blesses someone devoted to Him who wishes to succeed.
The dilemma arises when non-profits also become non-prophet.
Prophets are essential to any visionary endeavor. The kingdom of God cannot advance without seers. Prophets can assimilate raw information, see beyond the facts into the future, and sense the implications of decisions, directions, and alliances. They discern the spiritual environment. They know how to pray. They see the invisible. We need detail-oriented people on the team, adminstrators, and motivators, but nothing can replace a prophet in the house.
In fact, from my perspective being in business and as a Bible-believing minister, I conclude that a sure way to have a profit in the house is to have a prophet in the house.
Ron Wood
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Feel free to pass this article along to your friends. You are also invited to visit my business website that supports my ministry, www.seniorgrace.com. You can learn more about a product for successful business owners turning 65, Life Settlements. We also offer Life Insurance, Annuities, Medicare Advantage, and Long Term Care insurance to Medicare Beneficiaries.
Over my three-decade career in the ministry and the marketplace, I've been whip-sawed back and forth between the church world and the business world so much that I could win an insurance case for whiplash. This is a real pain in the neck!
Based on what I've seen, I have to ask the question: Why do non-profits seem to gladly operate without a prophet, and why do for-profit businesses seem to always want prophets, i.e.- visionary leaders?
Preaching as an evangelist, pastoring churches, raising money for oil drilling ventures, planting a new church with three physicians' families, writing books and articles, helping a Baptist church experience life in the Spirit, learning kingdom business principles in the books From Good to Great and Built to Last while working at Verizon Wireless, selling Medicare insurance to Seniors, right up to the present moment, mixing both almost daily.
In America, we can incorporate a church or a charity as a non-profit organization. This means its purpose is NOT to make money. It depends on donations and gets tax breaks. Most church workers don't go into the ministry for the purpose of becoming wealthy so they often sacrifice a lot in order to be devoted to their cause. On the other hand, we think nothing of it if someone's business not only deliberately sets out to make a substantial profit, but we congratulate them if they succeed!
Making money and succeeding is a good thing. The Prayer of Jabez is an example of how God blesses someone devoted to Him who wishes to succeed.
The dilemma arises when non-profits also become non-prophet.
Prophets are essential to any visionary endeavor. The kingdom of God cannot advance without seers. Prophets can assimilate raw information, see beyond the facts into the future, and sense the implications of decisions, directions, and alliances. They discern the spiritual environment. They know how to pray. They see the invisible. We need detail-oriented people on the team, adminstrators, and motivators, but nothing can replace a prophet in the house.
In fact, from my perspective being in business and as a Bible-believing minister, I conclude that a sure way to have a profit in the house is to have a prophet in the house.
Ron Wood
_______________
Feel free to pass this article along to your friends. You are also invited to visit my business website that supports my ministry, www.seniorgrace.com. You can learn more about a product for successful business owners turning 65, Life Settlements. We also offer Life Insurance, Annuities, Medicare Advantage, and Long Term Care insurance to Medicare Beneficiaries.
