Angel Investor Funding, Mentors, and the other side of Egypt
Joseph & Mary had to leave Bethlehem in the middle of the night, leaving most of their friends behind, and find safety in Egypt to avoid Jesus being killed under the decree of King Herod. The night before their long trip, they had to be stressed over the family budget. “How are we going to fund the journey we know we’re supposed to take, to fulfill our calling?”
Little did they know that way before the crisis started, God had plans to use wise men from a long way away…wise men they didn’t know, who in fact were sent by Herod to find him and report back to the King his whereabouts so the King could have him killed…to bring the funding for the journey.
6 Christmas Lessons for leaders:
- Sometimes your breakthrough comes from the very people or thing designed to take you down
- Open your door to wise men along the journey
- Don’t let funding stop your destiny. If you have vision for where you’re going, you’ll have provision when you need it.
- Answers usually will come when you least expect them to show up because solutions are in motion way before problems are
- As you take advice and follow your vision you’ll seem out of place along the way, and probably have to leave people and things behind
- If an Egypt is labeled one time (especially by your own family/lineage) as a place of oppression and pain, there’s danger in writing it off as a place we could never find value in, no matter how popular or how much pressure to label it. We miss great opportunities in life, with people, places and opportunities, by refusing to consider that change is possible…or that sources of pain can also be sources of tremendous refuge and quite possibly a place destined to raise our destiny while it’s still in its fragile infancy.
