Uncertainty. In business, and especially in the enterprise of entrepreneurship, there is an inherent amount of risk and uncertainty. One day you might be on top of the world and the next mired in anxiety as your carefully constructed empire begins to crack under the pressure. If a person chooses to put their identity into their business or their money, they will never have a secure foundation.
Leonard Buhler, prior to assuming the Presidency of Power to Change, was a successful entrepreneur in business and agriculture. In agriculture, he was focused on producing French fry potatoes for McCain Foods. In business he focused on the retail end of servicing the agricultural industry. Through this time, as he built up his multi-million dollar company, his identity was grounded not in a thing, but a person: Jesus Christ. Leonard tells his own story of business success, failure, and hope in his article “Increasing my Capacity for Leadership.”
Martin Luther King Jr once said “Take the first step in faith. You do not have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” Is it possible that God has been at work in your life all along? Take a first step in faith: Discover Purpose and ask yourself “Is this is the life for me?”
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