The Unseen World Runs on Systems
September 10th, 2007 | Michael Q. Pink
“Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the wiles (schemes) of the devil.” The Greek word for wiles is “methodeia”, from which we get our English word, method. Understand this; the devil has a method for your madness. He has a method, a scheme… if you will - a system in place to trip you up and frustrate the purposes of God for your life. The devil uses “systems” to defeat you. That way, he doesn’t have to personally supervise you’re actions. He just sets the system in place, gets you deeply ingrained in the system and leaves you struggling the rest of your life with that system. It might be the way you interpret failure or silence or compliments. It could be the way you react to a wrong or a right, etc. The point is that he uses systems to defeat
Whose idea was that? Where did systems come from? The Bible calls the devil’s systems, schemes, but God’s systems are called His “ways” or His “paths”. The devil is a counterfeiter and merely perverts what works for God. It’s the idea of using a good thing for a bad purpose. (A knife can save a life or take one.) So God has a path and the devil has a scheme. And here you and I are leading much of our life in improvisation mode. We don’t have a plan, a path or even a scheme for our life. We are at the whim of whatever scheme we submit to. A system always beats improvisation. You might as well get in the right system.
Moral of the story… You and I have much to learn about developing systems for our life and for our business so we can be far more fruitful than we otherwise would. I recently spent two days with Eric Beck in a corporate setting as he began to create the foundation for building systems within that corporation. The staff was in awe. They can hardly wait to get to the implementation stage. If you are entangled in the details and feel like you are in a system you didn’t design and you don’t even see. You just feel the effects, much like a storm system wreaking havoc or at the very least, blowing against everything you are trying to build, please, I urgently and sincerely beg you to discover the fount of wisdom I have found here. If you want to experience the power of Godly systems working in your life and on your behalf, hesitate no longer. Free yourself from the whirlwind of a system that works against you and reap the benefits of the ancient paths (systems) of peace.
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September 10th, 2007 at 1:39 pm
Before I started my business God revealed a path of self employment based on His principles and one of the principles was Kingdom development which translates to Kingdom Community or a Global Community. Shortly after this revelation I received a video email from my sister inlaw from Australia. The Global Company she was affiliated to is VMdirect, as I viewed this vmail my revelation lept out at me and so I joined VMdirect. When I made the commitment to on sell the products helloWorld the social network and FirstStream the product for small to medium business I knew that within the Bible there had to be a business plan that one can function by or run his/her business by and so I have read the Book of Daniel and the books of Samuel.
Three weeks ago a friend of mine sent an email which led me to this site and since then I have been totally engrossed in the Incorporated Bible (WOW!) and finally the message today has amplified what God has been revealing to me in the last few days and that is I have strayed from my original path that He set for me in business.
Thank you for this timely intervention which has only just now given me redirection.
September 10th, 2007 at 4:39 pm
Man of God, this is good stuff. God is using you to make a point. The Word of God says to write the vision down, to make it plain so that others can see it and run with it. God is into systems. The word is our system to greatness in God. Jesus is our system to salvation.The Holy Spirit is our system to being taught There is no other name(system) given amoung men..the name of Jesus. The is a way(system) that seemeth right unto a man..but that way leads to death, destruction, and wasted time. You’re doing a great job. Keep up the good work.When will you have something in Orlando,Fla?
September 10th, 2007 at 9:21 pm
Hey Bernie…
Thanks for the encouragement brother. Don’t have anything planned for Orlando at the moment, but you should consider joining the insider program we are running at www.christianbusinessdaily.com More details to follow shortly. Blessings, Michael
September 11th, 2007 at 12:00 pm
GREAT! EXCELLENT DESCRIPTION OF THE NATURE OF LIFE. WITHOUT OPERATING IN A SYSTEM, ONE IS SURVIVING BY THE SEAT OF HIS PANTS AND IS SUBJECT TO THE THE BLOWING OF THE WIND.