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 . This is Tyler McHart coming at you , episode 422 . Excited to be able to do this episode with you guys Appreciate you guys tuning in .
Speaker 2Hey , if this is your first time here , just want to let you guys know that we're all about helping you maximize your potential in the marketplace for the kingdom of God and there are specific ways , specific things that we talk about on here about how to do that , things that we talk about on here about how to do that . So I know that the last couple of episodes I've been pretty hot and heavy on the family and actually talking about family and society and how to actually have a family plan . So you can go back and listen to those two episodes right there . But I'm going to shift gears and we're going to go back to actually an episode that I did maybe about three or four weeks ago and I received a text message actually from a gentleman and that's been a faithful listener of mine for many , many years and he really actually it was episode 417 , so it was not too long ago , maybe about five episodes ago , so this is 422 . But he really kind of felt like it was very timely for him .
Speaker 2It really spoke to him and I think even the title of it was Faithfulness Over Successful , faithful Over Successful . And I want to revisit this topic Because , again , there was something that he said in his text message that really again inspired me to say , man , there's some more things for us to unpack with this about being faithful , and I'm going to kind of go into that today with you guys . But before I jump into everything , hey , this is actually sponsored by the Family Legacy Planning and Bank Education process that I'm actually teaching people to just written my first mini ebook . Yes , it is a mini book . Right now it's kind of in the draft stages . I actually just finished it up last week and my wife is proofing it , rereading it right now as we speak .
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Speaker 2So , all right , let's talk about this whole faithfulness thing and this will be , uh , this actually might be kind of a short episode because I don't have a ton of time , but I want to go back to this . So let's , let's go back to this verse 28 , verse 20 . And it says a faithful man will abound with blessings , but he who hastens to be rich will not go unpunished . So that's in the New King James Version , right there . But a faithful man will abound with blessings . And this is what my good friend , brad he mentioned on here that I really , really liked he said right here because faithfulness to God can't help but produce increase . But increase can't be the goal or it's out of order . Man , when I read that , that's not his whole text to me , by the way , there was a lot more context in the text message , but I remember that statement that he and I pulled it out because it's just such a powerful thing . It says because faithfulness to God , you can't help it . All right , let me make sure that you hear that this is it's automatic . Yeah , I'll say it . I'll be as bold to saying it . It is automatic , guys . Yeah , I'll be as bold to saying it . It is automatic , guys , when we are faithful to the Lord .
Speaker 2No-transcript , that faithfulness always produces increase . It always produces increase , you know . It might produce increase in your marriage , it might produce increase in your relationship with your kids , it might produce increase in your job or in your business , but faithfulness is always going to produce increase when we're faithful to the Lord . Now , with that said , the verse that I'm sitting there thinking about right now that just popped up to me is Proverbs 10.22 . You guys have heard me quote that verse many , many times , and that verse says that verse many , many times . And that verse says the blessing of the Lord , it makes rich and he adds no sorrow to it .
Speaker 2Again , that just backs up what this whole thing that Brad said to me . Via the text it says , because faithfulness to God can't help but produce increase , okay , but instead . But increase can't be the goal , all right , that's the thing . Right there is that's where I screw up . I know you screwed up because you know we're human and we get these things backwards and we sit there and go , okay , I need to make this a certain amount of money , or I need to . You know , if you're in athletics , you need to . You know , bench press this amount , squat this amount , just so that you goals ahead of our Heavenly Father and we start putting pressure . This is where it kind of comes in . We start putting pressure and saying , man , I've got to do this , I've got to hit this number . I've got to , you know , achieve this amount of , you know sales , or I've got to . You know , get this amount of income , you know sales , or I've got to , you know , get this amount of income coming in so that my bills are paid . Whatever it is , when we sit there and make that the focus , boy , it really sabotages things . It creates this imbalance . It creates , you know , as Proverbs 10 , 22 says , toil and you know , sorrow
with it .
Speaker 2I mean , I was sitting there talking to another gentleman actually earlier this week . Great guy loves the Lord man . He is pursuing the Lord like none other and it is awesome to see him do it . And he asked you know he wanted , cause I think he had just gotten in listening to episode four , 17 . And , by the way , I'm getting out of my truck , if you can't tell so , hence me banging around a little bit . He he's like , you know , tyler .
Speaker 2You know I want to be the hardest working guy in the room . I want to be known as that . I want to be . If I'm in the gym , I want to be that guy that's the hardest working guy in the gym . And you know , gang , I'm all for that , I get it . You know our society . You know we glorify people to want to be at a high level work ethic wise . You want to be at a high level work ethic wise , you know . I mean I'm reminded of the football coach that is a great man and one of his first shirts that he produced for us as a football team and basically all it said was work , okay , and that's pretty much all it was was you know , we're gonna outwork you and we wear it as a badge of honor . Well , I totally , totally agree with that . There is guys , there is this , this thing of of actually my part and the Lord's part , and there's this balance that we have to have .
Speaker 2And we get so caught up with thinking , okay , I've put in so much time , I've put in so much work , why am I not receiving results ? I mean I've I , I mean I I've got an , I've got a thrower , I've got a thrower right now that that this person that's been kind of the whole thing that they've been putting in all this work , they feel like and they haven't seen the results yet . And you know , at the end of the day I've just had to tell that person and say hey . Yet and you know , at the end of the day I've just had to tell that person say hey , don't focus on the results , let the results do their thing . I've got this thing . You know , me and the other coach , as we're coaching these athletes , we say , look , you know we break down our throwing into about four steps . Okay , we have this system . Actually it's five steps , but the four steps are the critical components . Okay , so four steps and all those four steps that are broken down are inside the throwing ring and the fifth step is the results . And I know I probably sound like a broken record player he sounds like a broken record player as well and we tell our athletes I said look , don't worry about step number five . Step number five will take care of itself . If you do
steps one , two and three and four , inside the ring , five will be the result and it'll do exactly what you need to do and gang , there's a little bit of that right there . And just being faithful to the Lord . Don't sit there and try to do and gang , there's a little bit of that right there in just being faithful to the Lord . Don't sit there and try to figure out . Man , I have to hit this thing . No , you just have to be faithful faithful to the Lord . I know it sounds so simple , but it really is , because and I took down these notes right here so number one faithfulness brings God's favor . Okay , when we're , when we stay consistent , walking with God , in our character , in our work , in our stewardship , blessings naturally follow .
Speaker 2Increase is the byproduct of trustworthiness before God , not the goal itself . So increase is the byproduct . It's the thing that's going to come . It's that fifth element or that fifth step that I keep referring to for my athletes . But did you do step one , two , three and four ? Right , then that's going to happen . Don't sit there and try to chase that . It's never , it's going to . It's an illusion . If you don't do one , two , three and four right , you're not going to get step five right .
Speaker 2And that's kind of going back to the guy I was having coffee with here recently . You know , I just kind of reiterated to him that you know we've got to start to rest , rest in the Lord and be confident . I told him that the highest form of faith is actually resting in the Lord , being able to rest and be secure . That man , I know that I've done whatever I need to do and I'm going to allow the Lord to have the results and bring about what he's bringing about . I mean , again , there's another proverb in the word that talks about that and I think I read it me and Tyler Jr .
Speaker 2We were on the way to his football walkthroughs this morning . It's six o'clock this morning . I had to drop him off , but we were sitting there listening . It says the horse is made ready for battle , but the victory comes from the Lord . Okay , I mean that's found in Proverbs 21 , right there . I don't know , I think it's the very last verse . I don't know what verse it is , but it's in Proverbs 21 . But the horse is made ready for battle . Yes , we have our job , guys , but you know what , at the end of the day and I love this statement right here here we go . Man , that's such a powerful statement .
Speaker 2We release all outcomes . We release them . We're not fixated on them . We release all outcomes . We're not trying to figure it out , no , not the how , but we're just going to . The Lord's going to bring about the increase . Okay , here's here's number two Increase is a fruit , not a root . Okay , that's number two . Increase is not , is a fruit , not a root . Watch this Pursuing increase for its own sake leads to striving and disappointment . But when faithfulness is our focus , god determines the timing and the measure of the increase . That's so good what I wrote . The order matters Faithfulness first , fruit second . Faithfulness first , fruit second . Let me move on . Number three guard against misplaced ambition . Guard against misplaced ambition . If increase becomes the aim , it shifts , and it always
does . Guys , you can't help this .
Speaker 2It shifts our heart away from our Heavenly Father .
Speaker 1It does .
Speaker 2I've been guilty of this . I've been guilty of it you know where that every day I have to kind of check myself with . Where is my focus ? Is my focus on you know , how much money I'm bringing in from a business and the couple of businesses that I'm working on right now , you know ? Or am I just kind of in a state of peace , knowing that , guess what ? Being faithful to the Lord , I'm doing everything I know to do . I'm going to rest in the Lord , knowing that he's going to bring the increase because I've done everything I need to know to do . Okay , that whole great joint venture . Let me continue . True success is found in obedience and faithfulness , and the blessings that flow are tools to advance God's purpose , not idols to pursue man . Let me read that again . That is so good . True success is found in obedience and faithfulness . And the blessings here we go , the blessings that flow are tools .
Speaker 2They're only tools to advance God's purpose , not idols to pursue . Okay , so , kingdom success , that's what I wanted to talk to you guys about . I mean , when my good friend Brad said that to me , I just said , man , that is such a , he said it so well , I couldn't help . But , you know , use that . And , brad , I appreciate you letting me use that . But , gang , I hope this impacted you . I hope this helped you out . So here's the two calls to action . One is maybe you need to get faithful . That might be just faithful with spending diligent time , quiet time with your Bible and your prayer journal , put your phone away , and where you actually just spend time with the Lord . That's it Just being consistent with that one thing . All right , then that might be your call to action . That would be the thing I would say . Is , if you did anything today , you know , have you spent time with the Lord , have you been in his word and have you been in time with prayer
?
Speaker 1That's it .
Speaker 2That's it , not , not complex , not anything more . Just that . And here's the last thing and you know this , I think I'm a broken record when I say this , but this is the second thing . If you've thought of somebody while you were listening to this , they could use this actual message that you heard right here , please share it , send it over to somebody , share this with somebody . Let them know that . Hey , you know I was thinking about you Whenever I listen to this . Take a listen . So , kingdom success , know that you're blessed , you're highly favored , you're empowered to prosper , you walk in divine health . Spirit of breakthrough is on you , guys , and we'll catch you on the other side .