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\u201cDavid asked the men standing near him, \u2018What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel?’\u201d<\/em> (1 Sam 17:26).<\/p>\n Every entrepreneur must determine the risk and reward before entering a venture. This is not the only consideration. We must determine if God is leading us after we consider all factors. We also must consider if the timing is right to proceed.<\/p>\n David was a young shepherd when he was bringing food to his older brothers in the army. He had already killed a lion and a bear during his days as a shepherd. David understood the risk\/reward principle. When he heard about Goliath and that no one was willing to fight him he was angry. However, he didn\u2019t just respond out of pure emotion. He asked a very important question. \u201cWhat will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel?\u201d He got the answer he was hoping for: \u201cThe king will give great wealth to the man who kills him. He will also give him his daughter in marriage and will exempt his father\u2019s family from taxes in Israel.\u201d (1 Sam 17:25).<\/p>\n Do you see the reward? He gets financial wealth, a wife, and no longer has to pay taxes! What more motivation does a young Jewish boy need? Does this take away from the spiritual significance of the story? Absolutely not.<\/p>\n The religious spirit always tries to make the business side of faith evil. Money and profit is not evil. It is the love of money and the pride of life that gets man into trouble. David understood the proper balance of these co-existing to accomplish God\u2019s purposes. To avoid getting into trouble simply ask this question of yourself: \u201cWhat is the true motive of my heart?\u201d If it does not have the spiritual element balanced with the business element, you may be in trouble. Ask God four questions before you proceed in any venture:<\/p>\n 1) Is the Holy Spirit leading me?<\/p>\n 2) Is this the time to be involved?<\/p>\n 3) Is the risk and reward worth it?<\/p>\n 4) Do I have what is necessary to be successful in the After you\u2019ve asked these questions go about your task with all your heart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Knowing the Risk and Reward \u201cDavid asked the men standing near him, \u2018What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel?’\u201d (1 Sam 17:26). Every entrepreneur must determine the risk and reward before entering a venture. This is not the only consideration. We must determine if God<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2093,4391,2286],"class_list":["post-22103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-devotionals","tag-knowing","tag-reward","tag-risk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
venture with God\u2019s help?<\/p>\n