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Today I get to live a little boys dream and go watch spring training baseball. Sure it is my job. But it is still magic. There is much to learn in my spiritual journey from this boy’s game. I watch athlete’s of incredible ability go over simple fundamentals. Again and again and again. And I wonder why I think I am too mature in my faith to daily renew the fundamentals of who I am in Christ.
A parishioner's wife asked me a question as we stood in that hospital waiting room: “They say God won’t put on you more than you can bear. But, does God know when you’re hanging on by a thread?”
To understand the role of business in advancing the kingdom, we need to think about the biblical definition and purpose of work. Some may see work in only negative terms—as part of the curse, with no redeeming value. This is completely unbiblical. Many Christians, however, view work as only an instrumental good. Practically, this means that work—while not necessarily being bad—is seen as serving as an instrument or means to other goods, such as providing for your family, contributing to missions and the church, or charities, and so on. As an instrumental good, the work itself is viewed as merely a means to an end and not an end in and of itself. However, the Bible teaches that work is a fundamental good—a part of our fundamental purpose on earth.



