Business Secrets from the Bible: Spiritual Success Strategies for Financial Abundance

Secret #2

An Infinite God Created Us in His Image with Infinite Imagination, Potential, Creative Power, and Desires

Though God placed Adam in the Garden of Eden in which all was provided, He nonetheless insisted that Adam was to work (Genesis 2:15). Adam could have lived an idyllic and idle life drinking from the bountiful rivers of Eden and plucking luscious fruit as he desired from all but two trees. We shall soon see that, while a balanced life is necessary, God's plan is for man to strive to achieve more. Ambition is a good thing. We all were created to desire as much as possible, but we also wish to expend only the least possible effort. Discontentment and unhappiness are wrong, but this in no way contradicts our legitimate desire for more.

Most of us have had the experience of being teenagers and thinking, “If only I could lay my hands on three hundred dollars, I'd be so happy.” As we get older, three hundred dollars quickly is no longer so unattainable for most, but we are still discontent because now we want more. The target has moved. The target, it seems, is always moving.

This may seem like greed and taken to excess, it can be a bad thing. But it is actually a powerful motivator, and drives us to do God's work, the work of living that we all depend on each other to do.

Imagine what would happen if tonight at midnight, all other humans decided that they already had enough of everything they need and no longer needed to work. From now on, they decide, they will stay home. ...