Posted by Dave Lorenzo - Business Coach

This weeks bible passage is from the Book of Numbers, Chapter 11, Verses 11–29:

The LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to Moses.
Taking some of the spirit that was on Moses,
the LORD bestowed it on the seventy elders;
and as the spirit came to rest on them, they prophesied.

Now two men, one named Eldad and the other Medad,
were not in the gathering but had been left in the camp.
They too had been on the list, but had not gone out to the tent;
yet the spirit came to rest on them also,
and they prophesied in the camp.
So, when a young man quickly told Moses,
“Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp, “
Joshua, son of Nun, who from his youth had been Moses’aide, said,
“Moses, my lord, stop them.”
But Moses answered him,
“Are you jealous for my sake?
Would that all the people of the LORD were prophets!
Would that the LORD might bestow his spirit on them all!”

What this means to me:

Many businesses suffer from “not invented here syndrome”.  Companies with this ailment routinely reject ideas that don’t come from the usual brain-trust.  This will often hinder growth.

In this bible passage, Eldad and Medad are spreading the Word of God – growing the business (so to speak) – but a young man runs to Moses with “not invented here syndrome”.  Moses corrects the young man and educates him. 

Keep this in mind the next time a good idea from an unlikely source crosses your path.  If the idea can help you advance your business, it doesn’t matter where it comes from. 

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