Archive for October 2021
How Do You Answer The Call?
How Do You Answer The Call?
Hmmm… so maybe you got an inkling from our last blog that you might need to be making a change of course in your career in order to pursue work that you really love.
Does that scare you to pieces?
That’s ok – we’re entrepreneurs and we’re used to being a bit scared about what we do. We just do it afraid, amen?
Let’s talk steps.
Step One: Dream
Dream a little dream about the work that you love and see yourself doing it. What does it look like? What does it feel like?
Step Two: Equip
What do you need to make this dream come true?
Do you need training? Do you need a mentor? Do you need a partner? Do you need tools?
Make a list and prioritize the order in which you need them.
Step Three: Act
Take action on the first item. If it’s expensive and you need money – take action to get that money! Pray, moonlight, freelance, sell – just get the cash and get what you need!
So many people wallow in work that they don’t enjoy, miserable and deflated day after day.
But unless they DO something about it, what will ever change?
If you’ve been pursuing work you love all along you can probably skip the ‘Dream’ step and move directly to Equip and Act.
God didn’t create you for mediocrity. Reach out for excellence and do what you can do and allow God to blow your mind with what only He can do with your efforts!
Blessings
What is a calling?
What is a Calling?
What is a Calling?
Some think of a ‘calling’ as the moment when a preacher or evangelists ‘gets the call’ to full time ministry and I think it’s a fair use of the word, but there’s more to it than that.
We are all called.
We’re called to serve, give, love.
You’re an incredibly unique individual. You have a peculiar set of skills, gifts and talents that come together in such an interesting way.
Do you know what your calling is?
If someone asked you today, what you would like to do for a living if making a living were of no account, what would you say?
Would you write poetry to encourage others?
Would you care for lost kittens at the local shelter?
Would you be a friend to the homeless?
Would you garden all day and give the food to needy neighbors?
Would you paint run down houses?
When people retire from work, they often pursue interests that fulfill them personally and these interests may be completely removed from what they did to make a living for forty or fifty years.
When making an income is no longer an issue, we’ll usually do what we enjoy or act to fulfill a need that we see.
Have you ever considered that this is what our working years should be like?
Retirement isn’t a Biblical idea by the way. It’s entirely man made.
I believe if we are operating in our unique calling, we’ll do work that we enjoy, that fulfills us deeply and that utilizes the skills that God has given us.
Hopefully I’m not alone in this belief. I’d like to challenge you, if you haven’t already, to ask yourself what are the things that you enjoy? What skills have God blessed you with that would bless others?
In doing so, I pray your creativity is stirred and your calling is made known to you.
Blessings.
Participating in God’s Economy
Participating in God’s Economy
It’s great to dig into the Word to pull His promises out and claim them for ourselves.
But God is not a magic genie and the bible isn’t a lamp that you rub to get what you want and it’s important that we don’t approach Him that way.
DO believe what God says and DO expect His provision, but ALSO consider what God asks of you in His Word.
Malachi 3:10 reads:
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this, says the Lord Almighty, and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it.
This next question may make you uncomfortable:
Do you tithe?
The Bible has a lot to say about giving and introduces the concept of giving God the first fruits of any harvest.
A title is generally considered to be a 10% offering off the top of your income and offerings are gifts made above that.
There’s opinions on whether that’s 10% of the gross or the net of course and I have to admit I lean towards gross but I totally understand both views.
I would suggest – and you’re free to disagree – that participating fully in God’s Economy would start with honoring His request for the tithe.
Malachi 3:10 certainly seems to send that message.
What do you think?
If you don’t believe in tithing – or don’t tithe now for whatever reason, do you find it hard to ask God for financial blessings in your life and for your business?
Stretch Your Faith
Stretch Your Faith
What you’ve done so far has brought you HERE.
What you’ve done so far will not take you THERE.
Unless THERE looks and feels a lot like HERE.
If THERE does look like HERE, you’re not dreaming God sized dreams!
New levels require new efforts and it starts with stretching your faith.
If you stepped one foot out of your comfort zone last week, how did it feel? A little bit uncomfortable?
I understand uncomfortable. So does God. He knows that you don’t feel entirely ready for some of the big actions He is calling you to.
The good news:
If you took one step, he was right there with you.
When you take another step this week, he’ll still be there.
The cool thing you should know about stepping out of your comfort zone is that it gets easier with a little momentum.
It’s like when you get farther from your comfortable spot, you feel less gravity and more freedom to stretch yourself.
So link arms with your Divine CEO and take the next step with enthusiasm!
