Promos, Provision, and Peace

Hello and welcome to another wisdom Wednesday. Today I want to talk to you about how to deal with stress in business. And when I talk about this, I don't talk about it as someone that hasn't mastered. I promise you. I've got all sorts of physical ailments that uh I deal with because of the amount of stress I'm under a continual basis. But I do want to talk about how to deal with it as it comes. Uh honestly, kind of as one beggar to another beggar saying, "Hey, this is this is the way we have to lean into it and learn how to." But this kind of like three steps. One way to look at this is promise and and I'm going to go a little more spiritual in this situation. We're talking about the promises God has for us. Okay? So things like I'll never leave you nor forsake you. Right? Jesus talks about uh Peter says, "Cast all your cares, all your anxieties on him cuz he cares for you." He's given us promises that we have to be able to lean into. And they're given by a God who loves us, who knows us, who's all all powerful, all good, and all knowing. So, we have to lean into those promises that he's going to do what he said he's going to do. And if you ever want to see God move, have him back up one of his promises he's made you. So, that's the promise. Next is pro provision. You know, uh especially if you've been in business for any length of time, if you've you've done anything hard, you realize that God's provided. It hasn't always been the timing you want, the amount you want, the way you wanted, but he's always provided. Uh the fact that you're listening to me today means you're not dead. Okay? So he's providing. You've got enough food to eat. You've got a place to put your head under. Uh in fact, if you're watching this, you probably have a smartphone, which put you in 1% of the world there. Okay? So these provisions are things that we remember that God's done for us. Okay? And it's really important to do that. Um so we we we call God out on his promises of peace. We remember the things he's already done for us. And then the third thing is just leaning on that peace, right? One of the gifts of the spirit, the fruit of the spirit is peace, love, joy, peace. Okay? And uh and it's something God promises us to have. Okay? Now, it doesn't mean that there won't be tears. It don't mean there won't be sleepless nights. It don't doesn't mean that there won't be high blood pressure at times, but we we we got to learn how to trust God in these things. And what I found is it's a sliding scale. Uh the things I would have worried about that would have caused me problems, you know, two years ago don't bother me one bit. But the things that I'm dealing with now would have just completely buried me two years ago or 10 years ago, right? So this is this is the way, okay? Uh although it's hard and if anybody tells you that don't have any stress, they don't have any problems, it's probably because you're not trying to do anything. Uh so lean in on that, too. We're all in this together. There's your wisdom Wednesday. Go out, do great things, solve big problems, and uh call God out on what he tells you he's going to do in Jesus name. You have a great day.