Work can be a four-letter word in our culture. Pundits demagogue against successful businesses, and demonize the one-percent as â??financial parasitesâ? said to be profiting unfairly. Charitable and non-profit work is extolled often as a better way to help a community. But in truth, if you want to change the world, consider starting a business that makes a tangible contribution to the lives of the people around you.
Itâ??s interesting that in the Bible so many of the greatest leaders had a day job. Jesus was a carpenter; Luke a doctor; Moses a shepherd; Deborah a judge; Paul a tentmaker â?? the list goes on. While the Bible does describe duties for people of faith who are in church work, the larger message of scripture is that â??whatever you do, in word or deed, do as unto the Lord.â?
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