An oak tree does not spring up in a night! The tiny acorn falls into the ground and then lies hidden for a season until the right time for it to sprout and grow. Little by little, a stage at a time it grows from youth to maturity. Keep sowing seeds into other peoples lives; into situations; into your own life. And then water them through prayer, and watch and wait. Don't try to dig them up to see if they have germinated! But work at caring for the ground where you have sown them.
Our printing business started very small. We used our garage and home to start with because we could not afford the rent on a shop. We sometimes worked twelve hours a day. Slowly, slowly, it grew.We then rented a small shop, so it grew some more and then we rented an industrial unit. It was hard but we watered it in prayer and God gave us favour with new customers. At the same time that we started the printing business, another new company started up. They grew so quickly! Work was obtained by taking printing away from other businesses; large sums of money were borrowed; new cars and houses were purchased. After some years of prosperity the company went bankrupt, and they could not pay their debts.
They did not start righteously, they grew too quickly, they then could not sustain themselves in time of drought. They were not careful with their money and were greedy. We still live in the same house, our car is over ten years old, and we give away our resources to God's work in Africa. And we are happy! James 5:11
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