Created To Work

David Kim – Executive Director for The Center Of Faith and Work


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  • On Success
    • The Christian’s life shouldn’t be about success or failure but about responding to God’s call for our lives. (Genesis 1)
    • The idea that we are responding to God, the ‘caller’, is very contrary to popular culture’s idea to respond to your ‘inner voice’. Jesus’ death could be viewed as a ‘failure’ but was the ultimate success from a Gospel standpoint.
    • On Responding to God’s Calling
      • Calling is more about an active journey than a destination driven by our intimacy with God.
      • In the ambiguity and unknown of calling, our faith becomes something real.
      • God’s calling to the world is ‘flourishing’.
      • On ‘Exile’
        • God’s response to human sin is exile, and it is also God’s way of realigning His people to His calling.
        • God called Israel to seek the prosperity of a kingdom that is not their own, Babylon. (Jeremiah 29: 4-7)
        • God often calls Christians into organizations that, from a Christian perspective, don’t often deserve to flourish.
        • On Working in a Job You Don’t Like
          • What would Babylon look like if God’s people weren’t there? Christ is the example of the ultimate exile and entered a world not created for Him.
          • The very reason we want to quit our jobs is often the very reason God has put us there.
          • Work is about bringing light to dark places.
          • About the Center For Faith and Work
            • It’s not about ‘do you bring your faith to your work’ but ‘which faith do you bring to your work?’.
            • God’s work of redemption includes individuals, communities, and the world itself (including organizations we work for).
            • What Does God Say About Our Careers?
              • We have to be able to discern God’s voice in the ‘grey’ of the dark places of the world where we need discernment. Esther as an example.
              • Why Is Having An Exile Mindset Good?
                • Christians are resilient workers. When everyone left the city during the Black Plagues, Christians were resilient and stayed to take care of the sick.
                • On Identity
                  • Work can easily become the ‘source’ of our identity rather than the ‘reflection’ of our identity.
                  • Work should not be the thing that brings security to our lives.
                  • Final Thoughts
                    • Flourishing of the gospel is as much for organizations as it is for individuals.
                    • Work is a massive opportunity to experience the glory of God.
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