Repurposing Business

Faith does not just hope for life after death but breathes life into things that look dead. Since our work is produced by faith it can also be life-breathing, "calling things that are not as though they are." Is my work life-giving or -sucking?

Didn't God have every opportunity to make robots, subservient workers who had no mind or will of their own? Yet he created humankind in his image and immediately respected the choices of Adam. Respecting others is releasing them into their true identity... how can we do it better?

We are designed for interdependence yet many factors pull us towards a workstyle of fierce independence. What are these pullers? How do they impact our work? How can we get beyond the language of teamwork to true collaboration... starting with our co-laboring with God?

There are lots of companies that say fun is a value... "We want to have fun!" Is it not more important that our work be intentional, deliberate, purposeful? Also, there is something demoralizing about busy work. It depletes the human soul. Find out about working intentionally... like God.

Hopelessness is a serious issue. Is it one of the causes for the current work crisis? Are Millennials and NewGeners resigning en masse because they have lost the meaning of work? When work is under attack we must run counter-culture and not only work with hope but instill hope in others through our work.

How do we work by faith which, by definition, involves risk while actively protecting through our work? This paradox is the topic of today's Work like God in 31 Ways episode.

God is your provider... that is true. Since we are made in his image, he designs us to provide for others. Furthermore, he created work as the usual mechanism for provision. There are seasons when we survive on the miraculous but the norm of the Promised Land is work that provides. Is your work providing, adding value, contributing to the wellbeing of humankind?

The "new economy pathology" says you can work 7x24, always be on, enjoy this frenetic busyness, and not get burned out. Wrong! We are designed to work from a place of rest. For the ancient Hebrews the rest day preceded the work days. How can we work from a place of rest? How do we fight sitting down?

Many confuse occupation and vocation, activity and calling. From God's perspective they are synonymous. We are designed as worker-worshippers yet we have come to mistakenly worship work. Perhaps the 2020/2021 pandemic will change this so that we learn to work consistent with our calling.

Empowered people empower others. The opposite of empowerment is insecurity and insecure leaders (workers) are destructive beyond measure. We must therefore learn to work like Adam, Eve... God so that we do not use our work to control and destroy, but give life through empowering others.