It is that God’s factor, which the farmer needs to enhance his crops and the non-farmer needs to bless his pursuits, that is described in the passage above as “heavens”, which can either be shut to an adverse effect or opened to one’s advantage.
Understanding establishes an entity; this is how you become renowned, a brand or a market leader. It is possible to know something and not understand it. You need to understand the intricacies of the entities you are building or the offerings you are taking to the marketplace. Understanding helps you choose the problem you solve. It is not every life problem you are created to solve.
Knowledge is also tied to capacity. You need to build capacity because projects grow, and with growth comes a fresh brand of challenges than the ones you grappled with when you were starting. One of the reasons entities fail is that when the project is growing, the people running it are not growing at a commensurate pace with the complexity of the project at hand.
To build a sustainable entity you need wisdom, and wisdom comes from God alone. That is why you cannot take the God factor away from whatever you are doing. James 1:5 attests that wisdom indeed comes from God: “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.”
Grace is endowed as required to carry out the responsibilities of an office, spiritual or secular. Grace answers to purpose, assignments, and calling, as allotted by God. But no two individuals have the same measure of grace, even if they hold the same office and have a similar calling.
As we have seen, while your location or choice of career/business may be relevant to your success, inasmuch as those are in tandem with your divine gifting and natural strength, these variables can change from person to person and do not necessarily have a universal application.
