Be Careful What You Pray For. You Just Might Get It!
I once heard someone say, “Set your sights upon a vision that can only be accomplished by God’s divine intervention.”
Well, that’s exactly what we have done. We have built a ministry model that will not succeed except God makes it happen.
We have the mindset: “Pray as if everything depends upon God; work as if everything depends on you.” We have worked hard at developing “power tools” that help empower the Body of Christ. We firmly believe that these tools are God-inspired.
He has given us the wisdom, the gifts/talents, and the resources to create synergistic solution for advancing the Kingdom of God.
Our company, which we define as a marketplace ministry, crossed the threshold into a whole new realm of biblical dynamics a couple of weeks ago. We came to a crossroads in our journey of faith and mission.
As I shared with you in a previous blog, we were approached by a very wealthy investor who wanted to invest millions of dollars into our company. This opportunity really swept us off our feet. Members of our Board of Directors met and discussed the possibilities. We all agreed that we could not entertain such an offer unless the investor was “on the same page” with us in ministry aspirations.
Further discussions with the investor revealed that he wanted controlling interest in our company, and he wanted to bring another person in to oversee operations. We also learned that all he wanted was our technology and big profits. He did not share in our ministry purposes or mission.
Call us crazy, but we simply turned him down. We did not want to “sell our souls” and sell-out our ministry passion for the sake of money. We believe that you cannot buy God’s favor with man.
We believe God was testing us. I believe we passed the test.
Three days after we made our decision, things began to happen. Three major mainline denominations called us wanting to use Oikos to connect their entire network of churches and people. Ministry consultants with great reputations called us wanting to partner with us in spreading the word about our web-based tools.
A well-established and very influential Christian ministry called us wanting to partner with us in the future development of their ministry and ours. They also want to work together with us in building internet ministry tools that will soon impact the lives of millions of people, worldwide. We will pool our resources and covenant to work together in creating synergistic solutions for building up the Body of Christ.
I am not at liberty to share the name of this ministry until all the details are worked out. The things we are working on could effect change, progress, and growth across the entire Christian landscape, worldwide.
We will share more, as plans unfold.
