Principles 7 & 8 of Daily Dose Biblical Principles for your today’s Hustle: How God thinks about Work, Money, Business, Investing and Leadership. Full list of the topics covered on our website: jaef.foundation/problem-guide-jaef
Today’s key principles are from the book of Genesis 1 and a summary from new upcoming series called: "DECODING CREATION: GOD'S THOUGHT PROCESS AND PATTERNS"
Apply it to work, business, relationships etc. If God used it for creating the universe you can use it for anything!
PRINCIPLE 7: ‘THE LIGHT PRINCIPLE’
This is a mindset and attitude and this should be your first call to action when problem-solving.
God’s first move was “Let there be light…” It’s not that God couldn’t see so that’s why He needed Light, NO…this Light would provide the illumination for the things he was creating!
We might not need physical light but we need Mental or Vision-illumination/clarity to see our way forward.
Light to us can be Understanding, Knowledge, Wisdom, Power, Energy, or Information.
When you’re in a tight situation it means there are some things you are not seeing! It means there is a darkness of knowledge in that area and you need some light, some insight to come in and direct your way forward. That's when you "Let there be Light..."
The only reason you get into a car and start driving is you know where you are headed and the only reason you keep driving forward is that you can see the road ahead!
So how does Light then come in?PRINCIPLE 8: ‘SEPARATION PRINCIPLE’
We see God using this principle a couple of times…
When Light was created - when Light came in, it didn’t completely eradicate Darkness but it created separation.
When the Firmament was created it didn’t eradicate the great waters, it separated them.
For you, Light is knowledge, insight, and clarity…but in order to know how much Light you need, you need to apply the “Separation principle” to all your unknowns…
You need to create a separation between what is known and unknown
And what is unknown is basically everything else you don’t know
As a human being whose knowledge and wisdom aren’t infinite like God, this is me going, okay I don’t know the complete purpose of darkness or water so I’m going to create something that separates this obstacle or thing into two
I’m going to create something that moves this thing off to the side as I make my way forward…
Create partitions within the problem like God did and you will be on your way to creating your own earth…
You can start out by doing some inventory and creating a checklist
Checklists reveal your blind spots…Create a Checklist about:
What do you know and don’t know about this problem, situation, business idea etc.
You can even apply this to a relationship, by asking what do I know/don’t about this person?
What is available and what isn’t available to me in terms of resources
What’s the required knowledge?
What required knowledge do I have/don’t have?
Who do I know that is working in this space / who can mentor me?Remember to: adopt the mindset and attitude of "Let there be Light...", create a checklist and then apply the "Separation Principle" to all of your unknowns. Create partitions within the problem.
Thank you for tuning in and God Bless your hustle today.