A vital message from Peter Wade
Recently I read an article which told the story of how an accountant started a business as a garbage collector and after two years had a gross income of $2 million and within 10 years had a business in all the large cities of America. Apparently in his area the garbage collection was run by a community committee. He went along to the committee meeting one night and was told that the company who had the contract for garbage collection would be quitting on Friday night and there was nobody to take it over.
Being an accountant and also a young man who felt that almost anything could be done, the next morning he called the chairman and said, "I'll take care of the garbage collection." So he got knee deep in garbage from around 3 o'clock to 8 o'clock every morning, and then went on to his accounting practice for the rest of the day. Of course, he put in many long hours and long months, but eventually he
made it profitable. Then he took on his financial adviser as a partner, and they set up companies in every major U.S. city. There are many people in business who get to the stage where they need to take on a partner. Either they need somebody else's expertise, or somebody's information in a particular area to help their company fulfil its goals, or they need some extra capital. Of course, when a business takes on a partner, the partner wants some share of the profits. It may be an equal partnership where profits are split evenly, it might be a capital venture situation where the partner puts in the money but has no day-by-day involvement in how the business is run, or it may be a controlling partner who tells the management how to run the business.
Let's apply this to your life, the company known as You and Christ Incorporated. We all need partners to help us through life. However, when you have a partner, there are responsibilities, so first you should sign an agreement.
Nothing will ruin a partnership quicker than just shaking hands on it. You need an agreement stating the responsibilities of each partner. Having done that, you need to talk to your partner on a regular basis, especially over the decision-making process. As the Bible says,
"Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety" (Proverbs 11:14 ESV).
Now I believe that Christ wants to be a partner in your life. I'm not just talking about becoming a member of God's forever family, that is, a Christian. I'm talking about inviting Christ into every area of your life and saying, "Okay, it's you and me. We'll work this together and make a success of it". I want to share with you some Bible examples of people who took God or Christ as their partner and, as a result of doing so they were successful in life.
Adapted from the book "
Outdo, Outwit & Out- perform"
-- now available! 
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