CONTINUATION!! Even those in established businesses must go through this three-part process every time they come up with an idea. The idea takes place in anonymity, in the nether parts of the brain. Then they seek to acquire knowledge and data on the idea. They work and till the idea in the Garden. After much labour they move into the place of gold and reap the treasures in the idea. If you’re anonymous today don’t despair. You’ve begun your three-step journey to Havilah. We always begin in anonymity. Ideas are generated in anonymity; where no one knows you or reckons with you. You are an unspecified being, in an unspecified place, with an unspecified idea. Your idea has no identity. Not even a business name. You don’t have a brand. Then you move into the Garden, a place of knowledge and instruction, where you learn the rules of business. This church is your Garden of Eden this morning. After some time tilling the idea in the Garden you’ll move into Havilah. God’s way is three-way. Even the Son of God started in a place of obscurity, a manger. For thirty-three years he labored in the Garden, learning, preaching, tilling the ground. His temptations and persecution took place in the Garden, just like the first Adam. But after the cross, he moved into Havilah, the place of glory. His riches are in Glory the Bible says: “For my God shall supply all your needs according to his riches in Glory by Christ Jesus.” God’s way is three-staged. Unfortunately, man prefers a two-stage system. Young men and women in particular want a two-part system: they want to generate ideas and thereafter move to Havilah. They don’t want to pass through the Garden. That’s not God’s methodology. The Garden is where we obtain knowledge. It’s where we learn business discipline. If you have a fantastic business idea but lack knowledge and discipline: if you don’t understand how to structure a business, you won’t enter Havilah. It’s important to learn business discipline in practical terms. It’s why I encourage young men and women to work in a firm or corporation before branching out. And if you’re currently in employment, I advise you to put in your best. You’ll be doing yourself a world of good. It’s preparation for your future. What if you don’t have the opportunity for employment? What if life’s circumstances force you to start a business early? If life doesn’t give you the opportunity to learn in a workplace you have to bridge the gap somehow. You’ve got to find a way to learn. Seek out mentors. Experience matters. It is why the venture capitalists that backed Google insisted Eric Schmidt be hired as CEO. He was an experienced and much older business administrator. He was CEO of Novell. The Google boys were no doubt brilliant but the business needed a pair of experienced hands. Eric Schmidt was their mentor too.
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