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Here are a few principles to guide your business from the Bible.
Work Diligently: - Scriptures advocate for handwork. Working beyond average. Working passionately. One cause of poverty is laziness. Proverbs 10:4, Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
Avoid Short-Cuts: - We live in days of ‘instant’ miracles matters the money. Get-rich-quick schemes are devices of the evil one. The gospel of accelerated wealth is not biblical. God is not just interested in what you get but even more importantly, with who you become. Proverbs 13:11, dishonest money dwindles away, but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.
Pursue Purpose: - We were created to pursue purpose and meaning, not money. Money should be a by-product of the pursuit of purpose. Love the Giver, not the gift. Do not form an emotional attachment with money or material things. 2Timothy 3:1-5, in the last days, people will be lovers of money.
Every good gift is from God: - Our talents, abilities, and ideas are from God. We should enjoy God’s providence with humility. Deuteronomy 8:18, But remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you the ability to produce wealth.
Refuse to be Corrupt:- When corruption is rampant, we fail to recognize many people around us who make real wealth without corrupting their way to lucrative deals. Romans 12:2, Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is - His good, pleasing and perfect will.
Be Honest:- Dishonesty cuts your life short. Honest people sleep soundly. Deuteronomy 25:13-15, Do not have two differing weights in your bag one heavy, one light. Do not have two differing measures in your house one large, one small.
Pay your Employees:- Especially casual laborers, they wait for their day’s wages to put food on their table. Don’t give them stories. Just pay them as scheduled. Organize with your financiers, if you have to but don’t give your workers excuses to inconvenience their salaries. Leviticus 19:13, Do not defraud or rob your neighbor. Do not hold back the wages of a hired worker overnight.