Sustaining business

I sat, a cup of tea in one hand and Finding God, a collection of short stories that my family-friend (because there is no other way to describe her, friend is not enough and family is too commonplace but the depth of Mayen and me has been there even longer than my marriage) in the other.

The book was a gift in this year's new year party that I just had time recently to read. Like a key that opens the door to my soul and makes me search if I am still there, I leafed through the pages finding it good company when I want to destress myself after a heavy day.

That was my intention really, just a good read, and a moment to relax. The stories in the book however took me to other places, other stories, and realizations on priorities.

Sometime in August, we had a business conference. We sold tickets at a thousand each, and as a board member of our business organization and as a sponsor, I had a few tickets given to me for free. 

Since I attended a Christian fellowship that had a lot of businessmen among the church members, I brought my tickets to church hoping to surprise some of my church mates with a good treat as the conference really had a good line up of speakers and was very well organized. 

To my chagrin, no one except for a few seemed to have the time or the interest for what I thought was a very good opportunity to hear a battery of prominent experts speak on different ways to move towards a sustainable country.

One of the couples I approached told me "Sister, we really are so busy with the business of God, if you would invite us to a Christian lecture perhaps we can slip out of our offices and attend." 

Although the words were delivered with the kindest of smiles, the message reached me with a heavy blow. Not a type that makes me fall in pain and disgust but one that shook me with the reality of priorities. What really matters to us as we pursue our different businesses? Have we really made the business of God our business or have we just shelved this priority aside to be glanced at in a more urgent time? What sustains our business? Isn't the prosperity we experience also an act of God? 

Just as much as we believe that calamities are brought about by the hand of God, we must not forget that He too is the source of all good and all possibilities. For every transaction we make, every deal we close, every negotiation we win, it is God's hand and wisdom that takes the fore. He is the only sustainable force and it is from Him and His righteousness that we should build our endeavors on.

Talking about God should not be confined to the church. It should take on the stand at business meetings, fora and negotiations thru the good business ethics that we practice; then and only then will the true profit with honor ring well in our ears.