KFLCC Kingdom Economics

Parabolic Principles of Financial Growth and Blessing

loss or emergency. You want your business, ministry, or home to remain intact should you be unable to perform your job duties for a period of time. In a vineyard, not all of the young vines will survive. Some will fail to grow and produce fruit. This is normal, just as not every investment in the secular world produces the anticipated profit. When a vinedresser sees vines that have died, he simply replaces the dying with a new living vine. He does not become angry, shake his fist and curse the ground, or walk away from the other plants that will produce in the future. One of the most important times to protect vines is during cross pollination and when the young buds appear. In the early stages of opening a small business, investing, or planting a church or ministry, there will be unexpected hindrances and expenses. At times there will be opposition from unusual sources. From a ministry perspective, there is usually spiritual opposition in some form. Part of your strategy is to have other options available—a plan B—if things do not work out as planned. The first vehicle invented by Henry Ford had a two cylinder ethanol engine and four bicycle wheels. It was called a quadracycle, and it had one major problem—no reverse gears. Ford also had to cut a larger hole in the wall to get the car out. Thomas Edison was a master inventor who spent two million dollars on one invention and never developed what he wanted. He also picked up invention ideas that other inventors started on but dropped. He had to correct thousands of his own creative failures before he found the right combinations for light bulbs and batteries. Neither Ford nor Edison stopped because of failure or mistakes, but continued to press forward and develop other plans that eventually succeeded. Instead of considering his mistake a failure, Ford learned from the mistake, and today Ford Motor Company is the top manufacturer of pick-up trucks in America. When something failed, both men simply reached out for another direction while remaining focused on the assignment. Often investors diversify their investments to ensure that if some fail, others will succeed. This principle is found in a statement by the wise teacher Solomon: Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shall find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it shall be.

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