As the ecclesiastical Preacher wisely states, "To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven” (Ecclesiastes 3:1 KJV).
A time to live and die, a time to plant and pluck, a time to break down and build.
Let me add another.
A time to think.
Thinking time is your hidden advantage.
“Receive instruction in wise dealing and the discipline of wise thoughtfulness” (Proverbs 1:3 AMP)
In business and life, it’s easy to believe action drives success.
“Do more, be more, get more…”
Taking action is crucial, but "busyness" isn't the same as "business."
A true business should work for you, not the other way around, and can be built with this intent.
Prosperity can be peaceful.
Your Father in Heaven has said:
“But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth” (Deuteronomy 8:18 KJV)
Attention to the presence and pathway that God has laid out pulls you from the hustle and into the place of hearing. Every step is prepared, and your job, instead of trying to make it all happen yourself, is to hear the instructions given by your Senior partner, the Holy Spirit.
If you listen carefully, even amid noise, wisdom is speaking.
“Wisdom cries aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the markets; She cries at the head of the noisy intersections [in the chief gathering places]” (Proverbs 1:20–21 AMP)
But you have to turn your ear.
The streets, markets, noisy intersections and gathering places are clamorous. They demand your attention and diminish your focus. They feed your ambitions and turn the knife on your insecurities.
The remedy is “thinking time”.
Thinking with God.
Set time to switch off the cacophony and tune in to Heaven’s bandwidth.
In our conversations, I ask specific questions I’m wrestling with or curious about. Then I wait for the answers, recording what bubbles up from my spirit.
Often I simply wait to see if God has something He wants to discuss or share with me.
And sometimes, we just rest in friendly silence.
Pencil and paper are my weapons of choice.
And the beauty of this?
Thinking leads to doing with renewed confidence because you know you are following “instruction in wise dealing” rather than taking nervous shots in every direction.
