There’s a mindset shift happening and it’s not just about profit margins or market trends. It’s about doing business with heaven’s insight, not just human strategy.

In 2 Kings 4:7, a widow’s entire reality changed with one prophetic instruction: “Now sell the olive oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on what is left over.” She wasn’t given a loan or a grant, she was given a divine idea.

The instruction made no sense. Pour from a small jar into large barrels? That’s not strategy; that’s surrender. But that is what doing business God’s way often looks like — beyond logic, beyond systems, beyond the obvious.

Doing business is not just about transactions; it’s about transformation. Brian Acton’s journey, rejected by Twitter and Facebook, only to co-found WhatsApp and sell it to Facebook for a lot more is more than a tech fairytale. It’s proof that when doors close, divine ideas can open new ones.

To thrive in business this season, you’ll need mental flexibility. You must be willing to pour into barrels even when it doesn’t make sense. Why? Because the supernatural doesn’t need to be logical to be powerful. God told the widow to shut the door because not everyone can handle the sight of your “nonsense” obedience.

In Luke 5:37–38, Jesus warned about putting new wine into old wineskins. Doing business God’s way demands new structures, new thinking, and a new heart. If your mindset is rigid, you won’t be able to handle what heaven wants to pour out.

This is more than enterprise; it’s warfare. The book of Acts shows us how doing business can disrupt systems, challenge idols, and shift entire cities. When you obey God’s inspired instructions, you’re not just starting a business, you’re waging a war for kingdom influence.

Doing business isn’t just about making money. It’s about solving problems, serving people, and bringing heaven’s wisdom into the marketplace. And yes, your business is your ministry.

So don’t despise that “small jar of oil.” Don’t resist the strange instructions.

An excerpt from the sermon by Pastor Sam Adeyemi on Sunday, July 20, 2025.

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