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

Secret #19

Vision Is Necessary; Sharing That Vision Is Not Always Necessary

The Hebrew word for face is pronounced “Panim.” The “im” sound at the end of the word signifies that the word is plural. For example, the Hebrew word for water is pronounced “mayim.” The word water is a mass noun, meaning it is always plural, never singular. You would never tell someone to “bring me a water” any more than you would say “bring me a bottles.” You would say, “Bring me a bottle of water.” What this tells us is that the word face is always plural, which means we cannot have only one face because there is no such thing as a face in the Lord's language. There are only faces. In Hebrew, you would never say, “Look at my face.” You would always say, “Look at my faces.” The reason for this is that everyone is multifaced. This may remind you of the English phrase “two-faced,” which obviously has negative connotations. That is not what we mean by multifaced in ancient Jewish wisdom. We all put on multiple faces and there is nothing wrong with doing so—in fact, it is proper.

When my children look at me, they do not see exactly the same face as the manager of my bank does when I am applying for a loan. I do not have the same face when I am speaking to one of my employees as I do when I'm praying to God. You do not show the same face to your superiors as you do to those you lead, and neither of those two faces will be the one that your spouse sees. This is quite proper and acceptable. You do have more ...