Give it a shot one more time, but this time don’t exclude God
Lately I have been caught between my purpose and the methods the world is using to make living out your purpose look effortless.
I am a creative by heart and I have so many dreams inside my heart, so many visions that I can’t wait to bring to life but less than two months ago I realized the reason I am so exhausted and stuck with frustration is because I didn’t include God in my plans.
One of my favourite scriptures is Proverbs 19: 21 “Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails”
This scripture made me realise that God’s purpose is more important because it is linked up with my purpose on the face of the earth. When I had a conversation with someone earlier this year, I said it was never part of my plans to start a beauty business or a non-profit company, but it was God’s purpose for my life. Becoming an entrepreneur was never something I ever envisioned.
The world makes it look glamorous but no one tells you that whatever God places in your hands will never be as easy as the world makes it look, no one tells you that you will have to trust and pray for every single cent you need to get your business of the ground, that you will have to invest a ton of your own money and there is honestly no memo for how a business should be run, You learn as you go, You learn how to do certain things the right way only after you have failed in that specific area, being a perfectionist as I am makes it difficult when you make mistakes because you want to have it all together.
I found what frustrated me most about trying to control everything is that I didn’t go to my source, I didn’t ask Him to guide me, to lead me and to show me the way. I am an first generation entrepreneur, most of what I deal with is so new to me and I don’t always like asking for help or advice but lately I have learned to ask for help, many business people have more wisdom and understanding of the things I struggle with. I know what I need to bring to the beauty industry is different to what any other brand or entrepreneur has done, God is a creative God and as I spend time with Him I realised that I have been asking the wrong things, I was afraid to let Him know I need guidance because I was afraid of what it would cost me, not only in money but in sacrifice too.
The world makes it look extremely easy, but the reality is that nothing ever comes easy, If you are out there today trying to make it without God please know that is the worst thing you can do for yourself, with Him everything is just much better. I don’t want anything if God’s hand is not on it, I don’t want what the world has to offer because they can easily take it away again. The riches of this world mean nothing if you are going to walk around empty and even worse stand before God one day empty handed. I changed my prayer this week, instead of trying to figure it out on my own I asked God to show me what I can create to set my brand apart in the beauty industry, I don’t want to copy thus world, I want to know I ran with the blueprint God gave me for my business and my non- profit company.
After the weeks of frustration, trying to make it by myself, trying to figure out how to develop product on my own I decided today, tomorrow, I will give it one more shot and this time I will include God, not just in the details, but in every area of my life because ultimately I cannot do anything without Him.
I am also confident that He who begun a good work in us will perfect it until the day that Jesus returns.
Give Him your business and everything in your life, You will see the fruit of it all and you will reach levels you never could imagine because He always gives more than we ask for
Savannah Solomons