I listened to an old podcast that had Patrick Morley on to talk about a book he released at the time called "The Christian Man". In that podcast, Patrick talks about work and I thought It would make sense to mention it here because Oswald brings up the way work can interfere with our purpose as a Christian. I always had a tough time doing the usual tasks of jobs I had. Being empathetic with the customer, keeping the client relationship personal and many other things annoyed me. With the corporations I worked for, we needed to do certain things to serve the customers and it was all about money. At non-profits, I have worked for the ethical guidelines that seemed good but conflicted with things a Christian ought to do. As I have been allowing Jesus to take me to another career I am so pumped to have a job where my Christian belief can be my work ethic. 

Patrick has a quote in that book that says "If what you do is who you are, then who are you when you don't do what you do anymore?" Patrick touches on how men can find their identity in their work. So if that work is not centered on Jesus and doing the ministry work, isn't it ultimately a distraction from who Jesus wants us to be? In the book, Patrick says "God wants us to go find some unredeemed corner and claim it for the glory of Christ." For me, I see personal training being my unredeemed corner. Working out makes my heart beat fast and puts a smile on my face. 

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The podcast I got this from was Men in the Arena Podcast, episode 245.