Jesus was one of the greatest Men who ever lived and even though he lived for only 33 years, he was the Bible character who achieved the most things while alive
Now as a christian if someone told you that Jesus was a business man you may not understood where the person is coming from. But the truth is that even if we don't know Jesus as a business man, he still used business principles to achieve a lot of things during his earthly ministry
I talked about the Importace of attention in my post yesterday, and it was one of the things that palyed a vital role for Jesus.
For example, we all know that the Internet is filled with lots of content, but like I always ask, how many of those content are actually worth reading ?. We are in a period where people are actually hungry for good content, and the amount of people who can actually give that are becoming lesser by the day
Wisdom is the ability to discern difference
Most people pray for wisdom and understanding without actually knowing the deeper meaning of It. Wisdom is not just something you have, it is something your apply. Wisdom is the ability to take decisions, understanding is needed to endure the consequences of decisions
So what do you think are the business secrets of Jesus, how could he have achieved all he did within three and half years of ministry, the following are the business secrets of Jesus
Attention
Apart from his teachings, the miracles of Jesus was another thing that enabled him get the attention of many Israelites,and among those Miracles, feeding the five thousand was one that I am sure will pull crowds wherever he went
His content was very good, but when people also knew that there was a chance they will get physical food in addition to spiritual food, they had more reasons to go and listen to him talk
We all know that he fed the five thousand out of compassion, but it was an added bonus to his attention grabbing effort.
This does not take away the fact that his teachings were very refreshing and live changing to the jews who were already over burdned by the Law of Moses
Come unto me all you that are heavy laden and i will give you rest (Matthew 11:28)
Ask and you shall recieve (Matthew 7:7)
His revelation of a new dimension in people's walk with God, gained him attention. prior to his arrival people did not believe that they could have a personal relationship with God, they have always gone through the Priest
For your business to prosper you have to gain the attention of people
Problems
Jesus knew the problems of the people he was trying to reach. if you don't know the problems of the people that you are trying to reach, then you don't know why they need you in the first place
Knowledge in this aspect is the seed of attention. You must first research and know the problem that people are facing. You have to master the art of listenting.
When Jesus sat by the jacob well (John 4:6). He must have listened to the complaints of the women that came there to fetch water of how far the well was from the city. So when the samaritan women came, He told her
All who drink will be thirsty again. But whosoever drinks of the water that i give, will never be thirsty again
Even though the water he was talking about was not physical water, he succeeded in gaining the attention of the woman, who did not want to take the daily trip to the well
So for you to succeed in whatever you are doing, find the problems of people and solve them
Expertise
Another thing that made Jesus stand out was that he remain in his area of expertise, he did not branch out to teach the law of Moses because it was trending
Even when the pharisees constantly accused him of blasphemy he still remained true to his message.
I will use Steemit as an example. There are a lot of people writing posts on topics that they are not familiar with, and this is rampant in the Cryptocurrency tag. People who write these posts feel that it is a way of achieving high earnings
They end up shooting themsevels in the foot, because what builds a blog is engagement, and that cannot be achieved if you constantly put yourself in unfamiliar territory
You have to test yourself and check your strenghts and weaknesses. When you discover them, double down on your strenght and eliminate your weaknesses
we appreciate your effort so far, for bringing the news of our lord jesus to steemians.
you have our resteem on post like this. continue you good work.
Thanks for the houour @voiceforchrist
It's true. You've said it all. The comments I could have made is written in the post is self.
A word is enough for the wise.
Thanks for sharing @ogochukwu
You are welcome @kingsley-clement
This model of getting reward can't be over emphasesed. There are examples of it everyday, for instance, bitcoin was created, thus a nees for miners arose and people solved the problem and are geeting a reward for it, steemit came up, but people saw an additional problem to solve, thus the creation of esteem, @steemgiggs, @bluewaves etc, someone saw that people needs a place to trade their coins, thus luno, bitrex etc came about.
What we need to understand is that once we solve a problem, we have created another one, even Jesus understood this when he gathered the five thouasand, he first solved their spiritual problem and by so doing, created another one (hunger) unknowinly.
Its very nice of you to reflect on such topic @ogochukwu.
@arinzechukwu
Thanks for the added Wisdom @arinzechukwu.
What we need to know that Life has problems and It is the people who solve them that gains relevance.
@ogochukwu, i love the way you used Jesus' to teach us the basics of business. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for reading @nmalove
Staying true to yourself irrespective of what the negative Criticisms might be is a major key to success.
Very true @molokwu. We must learn to remain where we have been planted
Makes you wonder if Jesus low key wanted us to realise this "business model" @ogochukwu 😁
I love the parts about figuring out the problemw and making sure you have the expertise. I feel those are the most important things, and they work concurrently. You can't have one without the other, otherwise you'll still be building a mansion with sand.
I wonder what kind of daily devotion you were doing that led to this revelation, lol.
Well done.
@barrister-batman
Lolz @barrister-batman. This post came as a result of constant study of the Bible and business books
The truth is that you just did a super piece here. I love this
Thanks for reading @geekis
a very good post @ogochukwu
Thanks for reading @mardha
In addition I like Jesus Christ marketing model, he started with few disciples and by sending them to preach from door to door millions today became converts. We can also leverage this strategy to help this platform grow.
Thats very true @the heralds. Thanks for stopping by
The business of Jesus was believe. He didn't failed to ask do you believe which is as a result of haven faith.
Thanks for reading @varrow
Simply Awesome
Thanks @drwealth
Jesus the best teacher.. Thanks man!!
You are welcome
So much to learn from bros J, no wonder he said "give unto Caesar what belongs to Caesar and unto God what belongs to God" he knew that some christians would definitely turn the bible to suite themselves. There is time for everything, time for church and time for work do jot infringe on your because you went for tarry night (who send you) then you sleeping in the office or coming to work late.
When I get to a point where I think I've got this thing figured out (still unsure about the flow of digital assets within the ecosystem) I plan on following the model we see in the New Testament where you invest yourself in a few good men who will in turn invest in a few good men who will pass on what they learn. We call this discipling, and stands in contrast to the showy attention seeker who only cares about numbers. Sure, Jesus did attract a crowd, but that audience were not the ones to take his message far and wide. It was the few with whom he spent quality time.
I keep hearing of megachurch pastors who get this realization and abandon their big name ministries and seek to start all over with just a few and live in relative obscurity.