30 million Americans have passed through the early voting gate so far with perhaps another 100 million expected to pass through the gate tomorrow. When the day is done and assuming we don’t have a constitutional crisis due to voter fraud or nagging unanswered questions about citizenship, we will have entered a new field.

It feels like we the American people are in the process of being herded from the field of one owner to a field of a new owner. As sheep, we don’t know what this means for us, nor do we understand the back room deals that facilitated the transaction. Regardless of our party affiliation, we are all hoping for greener grass. We have no idea if the new owner we voted for will feed us, sheer us or butcher us.

Regardless of our next leader, we are heading into very rough waters in the next four years. The mindset that got us into this mess cannot possibly lead us out of it. We need a new way of thinking. A new way of acting. A new way of surviving and thriving in the new economy we are facing. It is not debt based, mammon centered, self reliant or wrapped in gifted rhetoric.  It requires vision but is laden with opportunity. It requires sacrifice but promises great reward. It succeeds regardless of political corruption or ineptness. I have seen it operating first hand in Eastern Europe where corruption is rampant. This is not a pipe dream.

So while about half of us may not like the new owners of the field we find ourselves in on Wednesday when the counting is (hopefully) done, it doesn’t mean we are doomed. If we do find ourselves in a dark period with much foreboding, that only creates more demand for light. So fill up your lampstand with oil and be prepared to be the light of the world as we have always been called to be. It’s never been more important!

In the context of our current financial crisis, how would you finish the title of this blog? What concerns me most about the crisis is what we are not being told! If in fact, we the taxpayer are footing the bill, shouldn’t we be allowed to see the agreement that we are being committed to pay? We get sound bytes from reporters who are fed only what the insiders want us to know.

Something is terribly wrong with this picture. It’s like me negotiating a purchase on your behalf that will cost your household $20,000 - $60,000 and all you know so far is that the “paper” I’m buying is a bunch of bad debt that no company can afford to own and remain in business. Would you agree to that? And if you were that foolish, wouldn’t you at least want to know ALL the details? I raise that question simply because not only do we not know the frightening details behind the scenes, but we will never be told. Only held responsible for fulfilling them!

I say all this because I feel compelled to help you see that change is coming to the financial sector, the economy, the system we find ourselves living in. That is not the end of the world, but it is something that we as children of the light need to be aware of, and have a Godly solution for. Crisis always creates opportunity. Are you going to be a victim or a victor? And if you choose to be a victor, what is your plan for accomplishing that?

First and foremost, we must draw near to God and He will draw near to us. We must pursue Him and be like the sons of Issachar in the Old Testament who discerned the times and knew what to do. Most of you reading this are in the business arena and I want to tell you this tumultuous time can open up for you great opportunity. In the rainforest, where there is destruction, there is immediate and abundant opportunity for early adapters to fill in the void created by the destruction. For those early adapters, also called innovators, it is the beginning of the best of days for their future. How the rainforest turns crisis to provision is what every business needs to know.

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We read in Numbers 13 and 14 a most disturbing story. It’s about “seeing.” Moses had sent twelve spies into the Promised Land and they all saw the same thing with their physical eyes. But with their spiritual eyes, they saw something completely different. Ten of the men saw land that “eats its inhabitants.” Those that weren’t eaten, were of great stature and those that weren’t of great stature were even bigger! They were giants! The ten men saw themselves as grasshoppers by comparison. Can you hear the exaggeration? Land that eats its inhabitants? Grasshoppers by comparison?

The children of Israel listened to the bad report and immediately they wanted to go back into slavery where Pharaoh hated them as did all Egyptians and where they were treated with great cruelty and they began to pick a new leader who would take them back and negotiate something with Egypt! Can you imagine?

But what did Joshua and Caleb see? When they looked at the giants, they saw bread! Provision! They say fields that were already planted, houses that were already built, barns that were already full. They were excited and knew that if God delighted in them, He would bring them into a land that flows with milk and honey. The only condition was to not rebel against the Lord. Apparently that was too much and they rebelled. What form was that rebellion? It was simply unbelief. God let them die in the wilderness, never entering into the promise He had for them.

So my question to you today is, what do you see? Are you seeing God’s perspective or the enemies’ vision? Are you going to believe God or your lying eyes? Yes, sometimes your eyes will deceive you. Here’s a clue… whenever you are faced with an adversity, wait on God until He shows you the opportunity. Then believe God and secure your opportunity. Have a blessed day my friends.