Proverbs 22, . Verse 29 says Do you see a man skillful in his work ? He will stand before kings . He will not stand before obscure men . Fellow Marketplace Christians , stop apologizing and start winning . Welcome to the Success Edge , the show that helps you take your walk as a Marketplace Christian to the next level . Here's your host Christian entrepreneur Tyler McHart .
Speaker 2What's going on ? Kingdom Success List . This is Tyler McHart coming at you , episode 408 . I think we're on 408 . I know I'm way overdue for doing an episode and there are there's a million and a half excuses that I could probably give you guys as to why I haven't done an episode . But you know what ? It doesn't matter , you don't want to hear them . Uh , I don't want to have to go through all the excuses . So there you go . How about that ? Nonetheless , we're right here , so let's move forward , okay , man ? Um , I'm actually traveling right now , driving out to an appointment that I set over a week and a half ago . I had actually kind of taken a little bit of a day of rest yesterday and really did not look at my calendar until actually 5 o'clock this morning and said oh man , I've got an appointment at 8.30 this morning .
Speaker 2Anyway , I get up , get going , read my Bible , spend a little bit of time fellowshipping with the Lord this morning . Really love what I read in Proverbs , chapter 1 , because actually it is May 1st of 2025 . Today I'm recording this and , man , it
says , start with God . And uh , this is the message Bible . And uh , that's . It's always a good place to start , guys , especially for your day . Start with the Lord . And I hope and pray that , if you're in the sound of my voice , that you actually start with the Lord every day , even if it's just for five minutes , because those five minutes can mean , I mean , the difference between life and death . It really it really does , guys . It is that important . So I kind of got I dropped off the kids at school and I'm driving out to where I've got this kind of a networking event . But it's also got some , I guess , a gentleman that's going to be sharing a little bit about succession planning . And you know , if you guys know anything of what I've been doing here lately , I've actually been working with families and helping them develop and set up their own family bank and a little bit of succession planning and looking to the future is actually a little bit wrapped up into that with what I'm doing , you know . By the way , if you're ever interested in that , want to talk to me about it , you're more than welcome to hit the little chat with me button on the actual right below I think it's in the show notes section and send me a message . I'll be more than happy to talk with you about family banking concepts , anyway . So I'm headed out there . I'll be honest with you guys .
Speaker 2Last several weeks have been where I've been , really , or maybe just the circumstances , and you know how life has been . I really feel like that . That life , uh , life is the God's using life to kind of uh as sandpaper to kind of smooth out my edges , and that's a little bit uncomfortable and uh , and I'm a little , not tired well , yeah , tired would probably be a good word I'm still a little bit fatigued just with the things that are going on in my world . I'm a little fatigued and you know I kind of got a little bit of this . Something in the back of my mind was like you know , you seem to go home and go back to bed and say that you're not feeling well and call it a day push forward and I was at a red light and I was finishing up my Bible reading and I just so happened to pop on Ephesians , chapter 3 , verses 20 through 21 in the Message Bible and that got
me really excited . It really did , so much so that I sent it out to a gentleman that I was actually speaking with .
Speaker 2That's , you know , kind of starting a new venture , and he's got , you know , a couple offers on the table and we're not talking about , like you know , a couple offers on the table and we're not talking about , like you know , hey , this offer that he's got on the table is like for 5,000 bucks , or even , you know , 100,000 dollars . We're talking of a couple million dollars that this gentleman is being offered for the opportunity for really what he's developed , um , software wise , which is pretty cool , and but he's he's obviously having to weigh through and figure out how to navigate where the Holy spirit's leading this . This is why I this is , guys , I mean , this is why I still do this podcast , this is why I feel so passionate about , you know , talking to you guys . Maybe I don't do it consistently enough , but I still come on here and share with you guys and it's just a good reminder to me , and if it's a good reminder to me , I know it's a good reminder to you . So he and I we talked about all the different opportunities , all the different negotiations that were going on with it and at the end of it I said , hey , you know , I just pulled up in my driveway and I knew I needed to get out and get back in my house to do some things and I said , hey , man , let's just pray right now , I'll pray over you , and that you , god , will give you wisdom and what you need to have . So as I'm praying , right towards the end of the prayer , I felt Holy Spirit remind me of what I learned from a pastor back in Columbia , south Carolina , at Ambassador Christian Center , and when I said amen with the gentleman , he's like amen and I said , hey , brother , look , I just really feel like Holy Spirit just prompted me to share this with you so that you , you know , really can kind of just maybe use this right here , because it's always helped me and I probably have shared this many , many podcast episodes ago . But the reason why I wanted to share this morning on here is because I found a scripture verse that really does kind of back up what my pastor said . Now you might say , okay , we'll get to it , tyler , here we go . So I told this gentleman on the phone . I said look my pastor back in Columbia . He shared this .
Speaker 2When you feel , when you're having to make a decision , when you're having to figure out which way to go with , say , a direction on a business deal or on really anything , and you feel pressure , you feel like being pushed , you feel that you have to make a decision , or else , and he would say , honestly , that is definitely not from the Lord , because the Lord , the Holy Spirit , holy Spirit , he is a gentleman , he does he . He he never will push you , never will push you . He will draw you , he will pull you . He never pushes . He's a gentleman , he's going to draw , he's going to uh woo , if you want , if I can call it that , uh woo you . Oh man , that's kind of cool . I just saw a little uh , volkswagen bug bug , that's Herbie , it's got the Herbie stuff on there and that brings back memories of growing up . Anyway , I shared that with him . How Holy Spirit does that ? And I just came to a red light .
Speaker 2So I want to share this verse with you guys . It says God can do anything . This is Ephesians 3 , 20 and 21 . God can do anything . You know , far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request
in your wildest dreams . He does it not here . It is not by pushing , pushing us around , but by working within us , his Spirit , his Spirit deeply and gently within us . So I'll stop right there because now I'm driving again . But , man , I just had to share that with you guys today . That God is doing and it encourages me because right now , I mean just with the season of life , I know it's a season that's getting ready to end because of one big project that's getting ready to wrap up in the next two weeks . So I know this season is getting ready to end , this busyness is getting ready to end , which is fine . It's been a great thing . It's actually track and field and me helping these throwers . But , man , guys , when I read that that he's gentle , he doesn't push , it was like dude , there it is , there , it is right there .
Speaker 2Holy Spirit's a gentleman , guys . He's not trying to make you do something , he's not trying to force you into a decision . If you feel pressure , if you feel I mean even the guy that I was talking to the phone . Whenever I shared that with him , he said you know , I appreciate you sharing that because , man , that's exactly what the guy one of the deals he was trying to work out with this gentleman . The guy told him . He said hey look , this is it . If you don't make your decision right now , offer's done , I'm not even going to deal with you anymore and you can go on .
Speaker 2And that's nothing but pressure . Nothing but pressure . I mean , I've got even myself , I've got an opportunity that uh is before me again . It's not millions of dollars , but it's definitely , uh , several thousands of dollars . And , um , I don't feel any pressure about this deal . I felt no pressure at all .
Speaker 2Uh , the gentleman that I'm working with , or that potentially I'm going to be possibly working with , I have felt no pressure from him . He's not laid the gauntlet down , he's not tried to push me and I can sense Holy Spirit just still working . Now , if the deal doesn't happen , or if the deal doesn't really work itself out with him , I'm okay with that , because I know that I'm being pulled , I'm not being pushed , I'm not being pressured . And , guys , you can take that same litmus test If it's pushing , if it's fear-based , you're going to lose out . You're not going to get what you need to get that type of stuff . Man is nothing but the enemy and the enemy only wants to take advantage of you with that , and that's not how Holy Spirit operates . It's not . It just praise God in the Message Bible that he clearly talks about that . And man , that is just good , good stuff . So I just want to share that . That was it . That was all I wanted to share .
Speaker 2I really do believe that we can all gain some great insight with that and just being led of the
Holy Spirit . Because , you know , sometimes I have so many guys you know , tell me which , I totally get this , I totally get it , you know saying you know , I don't know if I really hear from Holy Spirit . You know , I think I am , but is it me and man ? Let me just kind of put a little pin in that right there . But if you're doing your very best to follow the Lord , you're not living in sin , you're in the Word consistently , you're doing your best to hear from the Holy Spirit , I believe that God will bless that and you're in the will of God and you're going to hear from the Holy Spirit .
Speaker 2It might be a direct , quiet voice inside of you . It might be a prompting , like a sense that you need to do this . It might be a prompting like a sense that you need to do this . It could be actually someone outside of you where that you know . It could be your spouse , it could be your wife , it could be , you know , even your own child . It could be someone else that the Lord might use . It could be some circumstances that he might open up doors to . You know you've got to be open to hearing that and seeing that . And you know feet , you know have a sense of the pulling , the wooing , the this is , this is good what I'm doing right here . So's how .
Speaker 2That's how you know you can actually hear from holy spirit guys you know , there's so many scripture verses that what he says in here , that I'm just thinking of proverbs 3 , 5 and 6 . Trust in the lord with all your heart . Lean not upon your own understanding , but in all your . Acknowledge him and he will direct your path . So , gang ,
I bless you . Guys , know that you're blessed , you're highly favored , you're empowered to prosper . You walk in divine health . The spirit of breakthrough is upon you , guys and gang , we'll catch you on the other side .