Why do some people pray and fail, and others pray and succeed?

Is it because God isn’t listening, or because their relationship with God needs to be adjusted?

There is a story about young Benjamin Franklin, after the failure of his first printing business in Philadelphia, and before his marriage.

Due to circumstances beyond his control, or that of his business partner, their business was going under.

The Pennsylvania Colony was suffering under horrible mismanagement, and their craft of printing newsletters was going poorly – most people were short on the cash to buy them, and the downturn was seeing fit to drive them out of business, since they relied on advertisements – and the local problems with business and money were making everyone hesitant about their expenditures.

His business partner, William Hospice, prayed daily for some sort of divine intervention; it was a more spiritual age then, and people believed in powerful miracle prayers.

He asked God for respite from the terrible burdens that had been placed on him, he cited the mounting loans that were going to sink the business, and he complained to God about the way that business and money issues were causing strife in his home and with his family.

Franklin, still a young man, invited his partner over to dinner, and as they sat over a meal, Franklin prayed to God in a different way.

He thanked God for the meal in front of them, and for the beauty of the world around them, and for the challenges that were being set before them.

When his business partner asked him about this later, Franklin simply stated that God would never put a challenge before a man, or a group of men, that they were not capable of handling.

Later, this got distilled down into the saying God helps those who help themselves. And, as it turns out, even asking for God’s assistance couldn’t keep their business open.

However, Franklin and his business partner remained friends for life, and their second (and third) business ventures met with more success.

But even so, there are several powerful lessons to be learned from this:

• Your relationship with God requires that you be an open vessel.
• Your approach to God should be humble and thankful.
• You should understand that God provides challenges, but it’s not His job to make things easy. His job is to make things as challenging as is necessary for you to achieve growth.
• Every problem is an opportunity in disguise.

Let’s expand on this.

A lot of people in this country profess to have a spiritual relationship with God, and we’re not knocking that.

But your relationship with God, especially as it pertains to your business, is one where you have to be open to new things. You shouldn’t be asking God to intercede for you – you should be asking Him to show you where your strengths are to deal with the problems you have.

When working with God as your business partner, remember that He is all around you, and His love is unconditional.

However, unconditional, again, is not about making things easy for you.

You should be thankful for what you have, and remember that God gives you what He does so that you can live within your means, and invest 10% into savings and emergency funds. Remember the parable of the servants from the Bible; we all serve God, and one way of doing so is to live sensibly and soundly.

Remember that everything you do is a challenge from God.

God wants you to grow into the best human being you can possibly be – one who is invested in his community, one who cares for his fellow man to the limits of his means, and one who understands that one of the best ways to live is to be an example for others.

To help you reach that in your business, God sets challenges before you, because it is only through challenges that we grow, and it’s only when the business cycle is bleak that most businesses reach out and make innovative products and services that enrich the lives of others in their community.

Lastly, the business school truism that every problem with business and money is an opportunity is part and parcel to this philosophy.

• You get results from powerful miracle prayers when you ask for the right things from God.

• You don’t ask God to put a customer at your door.

• You ask God to show you what your customers want, so that you can assist them in making their lives better.

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Wealth Creation Specialist

Peter Baptiste