The condition of the heart is not a soft topic. For a business person and investor, it is the most practical subject in the room. What you believe about growth determines how you respond to a slow season. What you believe about provision determines whether you invest boldly or manage from fear. What you believe about your own capacity determines what you pursue and what you quietly walk away from before you ever try.
Your future is not fixed. What has been planted can be examined. What needs to change can change. Cycles that have repeated for years can be interrupted. Limiting beliefs that have quietly governed your decisions can be uprooted and replaced.
“Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” — Romans 12:2
Transformation begins internally before it becomes visible externally. That is the sequence God established, and it does not reverse. You cannot produce lasting change at the level of behavior alone. But when belief changes, behavior follows. When the seed changes, the harvest follows.
Renewing your mind is not a self-improvement system. It is not a set of principles that produce results for anyone disciplined enough to apply them. It is not a technique. It is a covenant reality—something that operates in its fullest and most transformative dimension in the life of a person who is in genuine relationship with the God who designed it.
That relationship is with Jesus.
Dave and I have collaborated on an upcoming book addressing marketplace issues. We can’t wait to share it with you.
Coming soon,
Karen Conrad Metcalfe