The Bible's Business PlanSample

“I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance.” Revelation 2:2 NIV

BUSINESS BIBLE

The seven churches of Revelation were important political, religious, and economic hubs on a mail route surrounding Ephesus. Postal carriers delivered mail over the same Roman roads where Christian messengers carried John’s letters to the seven churches in the province of Asia Minor. Individuals travelled the Roman roads to do business just as they do today. Pax Romana fostered business, infrastructure, and cultural and eco­nomic flourishing.

The book of Rev­elation offers a valuable economic context for understanding the gospel and the importance of business. Each of the seven churches addressed by Jesus was economically vital. Jesus addresses the political, reli­gious, and economic circumstances of each church. He acknowledges the churches’ good deeds, their businesses, and their spiritual condition. He affirms that whoever is victorious and does his will to the end will be in the book of life:

"I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance...To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God." Revelations 2:2, 7 NASB

PRAY

Lord, help me work hard and persevere.