In early December my business was DEAD. I had few prospects and I was very confused as to why. I had been praying that God would guide my steps to fulfill the plans he has for me ... plans to prosper.... however, it seems that I keep forgetting that God is more interesting in growing my character and relationship with Him rather than growing my bank account.

I had a client that I Pre-Approved after working with their credit for a while and sent to one of my Realtors a few months before December. During the course of looking at homes, the client came upon a deal they could not refuse with a builder's lender - which left me out of the deal. My Realtor - being the man of God he is  - reduced his fee by 1% so that the client could still pay me a consulting fee for helping them with their credit so they could be approved. I sent an Invoice thru my Employer's name so that the attorney would cut the check to them and I would get my normal percentage of the fee.

When the check came, it was written to me personally, "Brian Foxworth" not "Palmetto South Mortgage". As I held the check in my hands the thought came to me, "You could go a cash this since it is in you name and no one would find out." For that split second - it sounded like a great idea..

But then I heard God's voice, "If I can't trust you with this, how can I trust you with true riches?" I immediately asked for forgiveness of even thinking about cheating my employer, but most of all for cheating God.

I gave the check to my boss with a cheerful heart knowing that God would take care of my family as He always has.

The second week in December my Dad called me while I was at work and asked, "Are you sitting on ready?"

        "Dad, what are you talking about?"

"Are you sitting on ready?"

        "Ready for what?"

"I was driving down the road just now and praying for you and your sisters when suddenly I had to pull my truck over because God said, 'I'm about to answer your prayers.  I'm going to bless Brian with more business than he can handle.'  --- Brian, I began to thank God for this answer to prayer and had revival right there in my truck! Now I'm gonna ask you again -- Are you sitting on Ready? Are you ready for God to Bless your socks off?!" 

    "Dad, I am ready for whatever He wants to do -- I am SOOOO READY!"

A week later,  rates went down to 4.50% and I have been busier than a one-armed paper hanger ever since. Now, I'm not saying if I wasn't obedient to God, we never would have had 4.50% rates --

--What I am saying is Are we trusting in our business or trusting in God?

Are you sitting on Ready?