TOPIC: SEED OF SONS OF GOD VS GOD’S SEED (II)
Read: Genesis 6: 1-4; 15: 5, 22: 17, 1 Corinthians 2: 9, Rom
4: 17b
Calvary
greetings in Jesus name.
God’s
seed in us carries His DNA for unusual potentials to effect avalanche of
exploits, miracles, signs and wonders therefore recording, supernatural
accomplishments through us is a MUST.
In
the Bible times, some individuals understood this concept and had breakthroughs,
big-time.
Examples included,
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Job and even Jabez.
In our present days, there are so many accomplished Christian business
men we can refer to and an immediate example is Robert Gilmour LeTourneau. God
took these men to count the ‘stars’ and they understood God’s gesture, hence
their successes.
Please refer to the publication culled from Giants for God (www.giantsforgod.com/rg-letourneau/)
about this man of great God. The write-up is a bit lengthy, but please read
through and visit the site mentioned above for details.
RG LeTourneau – THE EARTHMOVING INNOVATOR
RG LeTourneau is perhaps the most inspiring
Christian inventor, businessman and entrepreneur the world has ever seen. A
sixth grade dropout, Robert Gilmore “RG” LeTourneau went on to become the
leading earth moving machinery manufacturer of his day with plants on 4
continents, more than 300 patents to his name and major contributions to road
construction and heavy equipment that forever changed the world. Most
importantly, his contribution to the advancement of the Gospel ranks him among
the greatest of Christian Businessmen of all time. Famous for living on 10% of
his income and giving 90% to the spread of the Gospel, LeTourneau exemplified
what a Christian businessman should be.
RG LeTourneau dropped out of school and began
working in an iron foundry at the age of 14, in the year 1901. Numerous
tradesmen jobs later, he discovered a passion for machinery, initially as an
auto mechanic, and later as the manufacturer of the largest earth moving
equipment on the planet. At the age of 28, he returned from a period with the
Navy serving our country in World War I to a car dealership, of which he was
half owner, that was steeped in debt due to a partner who took to drinking.
LeTourneau removed himself from the business with $5,000 in debt. The year was
1915. Ouch. Jobless and beyond broke, he jumped at the opportunity to level
some land for a wealthy rancher. RG claimed that this experience was the most
satisfying job he had ever held.
LeTourneau slowly expanded to larger and larger
land leveling contracts. He continually under-bid his competitors to win jobs
and would scramble to invent machines to speed up the work and keep him from
going broke. Although there were many technological advances in other areas of
commerce in the early 1900s, in the world of earth moving at the time, it was
still in the stone-age. Roads were built by employing large numbers of men with
shovels and utilizing mules to drag small plows. RG LeTourneau was
among the first road construction contractors to introduce
machinery to moving earth.
The year was 1919 and as a Christian, he felt the tug
to be doing more for God. He went to his pastor, Reverend Devol, for advice. RG
thought that anyone who was wholly committed to Christ had to become a pastor
or a missionary to truly fulfill the great commission. After deep prayer with
his pastor, RG LeTourneau was shocked to hear Rev. Duvol say the words that
guided him for the rest of his life, “God needs businessmen too.” This was a
revelation to RG. He immediately began to consider his business to be in
partnership with God.
Jesus
is coming back again…….,are you ready?
Peace!!!
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