Think Again!

If you can embrace obscurity, you are ready for the next skill: cultivate your imagination for his Kingdom. God’s way to create wealth is through the imagination and grit of heroic and sacrificial stewards, not by textbooks or wooden paradigms. Innovations cannot be planned or predicted because they emerge from the daring entrepreneur. In business, the imagination of Steve Jobs (Apple), Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook), or Sam Walton (Walmart) has been widely reported. In sports, fans marveled at the ingenuity of Michael Jordan (basketball) and Bill Belichick (football). In the Kingdom, imagination has been displayed by Bill Bright, Martin Luther King, and John Wesley. God’s design is to realize his venture capital return through your life. When your imagination is unleashed, you have the ability to innovate, seizing opportunities as they arise. Buying Up Opportunities Ephesians 5.15-16 says, “Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time . The phrase “making the best use of the time” means to “buy up opportunities,” which comes from the world of sailing (Latin for “toward the CHAPTER 16 Maximizing God’s ROI: Cultivate Your Imagination

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