Resumo de Business Analogy: Just Read And You Well Learn More!

I have found an analogy from business helpful when it comes to understanding this idea of a turning point.Suppose our sales people are seeking a new customer. They work hard to build a relationship and create a desire for that customer to do business with us. That process can take a long time. But nothing is ultimately accomplished until a particular event occurs ? we get an order or a contract. That transaction is the turning point. Then, of course, we work closely with the customer to meet his requirements.Success involves three distinct phases: preparation, the transaction and fulfillment. I noticed there were similar stages in my spiritual journey. Initially, there was a period of preparation during which God was drawing me to himself. He showed me kindness ? his love ? as when I met Wendy. He allowed difficulties. He brought me to the end of my own resources. But he had a goal in mind. It was to ?complete a contract.? It was to bring me to a place where I could trust him and release myself to his care. From that point a new and deeply committed relationship began. I can say he has done everything possible to fulfill the commitment he made to me when I committed to him.Let me tell you why I?ve written this booklet.I want to help others come to that turning point.I went for years, searching and struggling. For me, the way home was neither clear nor compelling. I understand others who are confused. For the longest time, I thought it was enough to ?be good,? to ?do kind deeds,? to ?be moral? or to serve others. I now realize these are important, but they are not transformational. They?re not the same as coming home spiritually. That only happens when we enter a personal, life-changing relationship with Jesus Christ.At this critical transition in my own life, I understood very little about the profound change that was taking place. Now, through insights gained from the Bible, from sound teaching and the ?classroom of life,? I have a much better grasp of how a person enters and walks out that vital relationship. As I explain how one becomes properly related to God, I?m sure I won?t address every question. But I believe I?ve found a reliable roadmap. I know it would have helped me on my journey. I trust it will help you. Every journey has a starting point. Ours begins in Genesis, the first book of the Bible. The word Genesis means ?beginnings.? There we get a glimpse of what it was like when Adam, the first man, walked closely with God. God deeply loved Adam, and Adam responded warmly to that love. They both took great delight in the openness, trust and companionship they experienced in their relationship with each other.Work was different from today. It was productive and satisfying ? free from stress, anxiety, corruption or ethical lapses.But, sadly, Paradise was short-lived. What happened then has touched each of our lives.We learn from the Bible that mankind inherited a fatal defect when Adam gave in to temptation and rebelled against God. At the root was Adam?s choice to walk independently, forsaking the extraordinary bond he had with God at the beginning. From that point, including Adam and Eve?s own children, man?s nature has been ruled by violence, greed, jealousy, hatred and rebellion. The Bible calls this sin. Its result: death.The Old Testament is an account of man?s struggle against sin and its consequences. God established temporary methods to cover for this now-fallen nature, but these methods did nothing to change that nature. It remained the same. Nor has it been improved by the passage of time or increasing education or scientific discovery or economic prosperity. Man?s basic or ?fallen? nature is unaltered from the time of Adam. Shortly after sin entered the human race through Adam, God foretold the coming of one who would remedy the fatal defect. He then identified a people group, the Hebrews, as the family from whom this person would come. Over hundreds of years, Hebrew prophets gave insight into the one who would restore the fractured relationship.

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