Can You drink the cup

BY LARRY NAULT, President & Chief Strategist

Jesus asked His businessmen disciples if they could drink His cup. It's the same question He's asking you and me. Can you drink your cup?
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SONSHIP has a precondition of maturity and covenant. Are you willing to do what Father is doing? For richer or poorer, for better or for worse, in sickness and in health?

​Youthfulness and exuberance in business mixed with a touch of bravado and optimism have a unique scent (diaper). The fragrance of maturity is tempered with humility and wisdom.

The Past – You can always discern depth in businesspeople. It’s often brokenness. There is a beautiful fragrance on those who have survived the setbacks and failures. Some have unforgettable bankruptcies in finances and staff that leave a mark. Their hope is in God, not their business prowess.

1Tim 6:17 – Command those who are rich in this present world
not to be arrogant
nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain,
but to put their hope in God,
who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.

“Where have you seen God’s fragrance in your setbacks?”

The Future – Youthful entrepreneurs can only imagine a future that is brighter and brighter. But wisdom anticipates uncertainty in market changes and personal failures in a healthy way. They have already decided that cause supersedes catastrophe. They don’t expect all roses all the time. Something other than outward appearances and superficial success drives them.

Their house is built on Father’s purpose. Their motivation is rooted in two basic aspects of their relationship with God: 1) they live on bread, the living words of Father’s purpose, the desires of their Father’s heart that are new every day, and 2) they have a cup, a covenant with their Father that His purpose comes first, whether it’s easy or hard. Those two things remain the same even when everything else is gone. Father himself is our most treasured heritage.

1Cor 11:26 – For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup,
you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

• Take this Bread – Living Words, Purpose (I Am the Bread of Life, Jn 6:35)
• Take this cup – Put the Kingdom 1st (whether its wealth or suffering)

​“How can Kingdom Purpose shape your response to uncertainty?”

The Cup – We each have a cup or calling. We each have desires in our hearts written there by God. We each want God to bless and prosper our lives and business. What maturity looks like in Sons is that Father’s purpose supersedes our personal expectations. Sons are triumphant overcomers, but their success is defined in God’s eyes, not men’s. Paul was supernaturally chosen and said yes to his Cup. He wrote a significant part of the New Testament, yet he died penniless and blind in a Roman prison. You must see Paul’s life in terms of his purpose to understand the magnitude of his success. He would be a failure by the standards we normally use in business.

“What is the cup God has given you in this season?”

The Fruit – Wealth and business are uncertain. Market changes, product demand, and national economies can swing a business wildly. Covid is a good example of governments intentionally shutting down economies and shuttering businesses. The real fruit is that a Son with a living purpose somehow always lands on his feet. 

Kingdom purpose embraced in the Cup is Father’s covenant with us that He will intervene for His sons. Spiritual and natural warfare are realities we can’t avoid, yet sons overcome them or preempt them routinely. It’s not in their own strength; it’s through the power of God’s spirit working in us. That’s the difference.

Have you said yes to your cup? 
Do you know your Kingdom Purpose? 
Have you leveraged your business to embrace that purpose intentionally?

​Rom 8:27 – the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.
28) And we know that in all things God works for the good of those
who love him,
who have been called according to his purpose.

Fruit That Remains – How do we measure success in the Kingdom? We start with a simple definition of eternal life. How much of our dream, goals, and aspirations remain?

1Pet 1:24 – For, “All people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall,
25) but the word of the Lord endures forever.”

“Are you building treasure on earth, in Heaven, or both?”

Can you drink this cup? It’s new wine. The best has been saved for last. Sons translate Father’s purpose to business value that blesses people, cities, nations, and returns Fruit that remains - Wealth on Earth, and Treasure in Heaven!

Think of BKC as your Kingdom Company Architect
We specialize in providing Biblically and Prophetically based leadership development and strategic planning. We offer a variety of training and consulting solutions to meet our client's needs, and it all begins with a little archaeology, a complementary one-on-one zoom call we have trademarked The BKC Heart Session™. Like a buried treasure map, your heart knows exactly where you need to go and what you need to do to uncover God's greater purpose for your life and business.

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BKC transforms lives & businesses and those they
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Since our inception, we’ve connected with business leaders, owners, CEO's, and entrepreneurs who share this passion for integrating our faith and business practices into Kingdom companies.

Our consultative approach offers fully customized solutions that will help you build a business that is a visible expression of the goodness and power of God.

Transformation starts with a CEO and a PURPOSE. Not just any CEO. Not just any PURPOSE. BKC is designed to help leaders who are receptive to God's influence on their everyday business decisions with a process and a support group from other CEO's who have made the commitment.

Let us help you IDENTIFY and DEVELOP an action plan to create greater Eternal Value and fulfill your Kingdom Destiny. 

Using your UNIQUE GIFTS and the POWER GOD freely gives, our Kingdom Advancement Team has a common vision for REFORMATION: To help you build great companies that glorify and advance the Kingdom of God. 

Start now, with our proven Four Step REFORMATION Process: from Sonship to a New Wineskin, to Flow and bringing Heaven to Earth. 

Today, we declare that you are developing an "ADVANCING ATTITUDE" and that God's favor go before you and make your way successful.

Larry Nault
President and Chief Strategist 
​Building A Kingdom Company LLC