An idea gleaned from Rich Dad, Poor Dad: what’s your business? Not where do you work – you may have a regular 9-5 working for someone else – but what’s your business? Let’s apply that to spiritual life.
Q. What does God do all day (for all eternity)?
A. He works.
So what am I doing with my days? Jesus at 12 years old asked, “didn’t you know I must be about my father’s business?” (Luke 2:49) I should be working, just like Jesus, at the Father’s business. His business should be my business.
What’s God’s business? It’s His creation, including the lives of every person. He made it all, owns it all, and loves it all. Sure there are times we tick Him off, but that’s true of every artist and his artwork, every mother and her child.
What does He do in and for us? He guides us into maturity. He trains and equips us. He gives us work to accomplish (“feed my sheep”). We can do these things too: we can lead others into maturity (as Paul did), we can train and equip others, we can give others work to accomplish (see James). In this way we become stakeholders in the kingdom, each of us putting our blood, sweat and tears as an investment into eternal things.
[...] Original post by gregwheeler [...]
I like the concept of business you mention and i am still reading C S Lewis, and these days the Holy Spirit is impressing on my spirit that i should be about God’s business whether folding clothes or driving to work, because there’s no need to schedule a special time to work for God when you can do it right where you are so i agree with you it is good to do missionary work but it’s even better to testify by your life.