Haha! This is briliant! I wish I was a geek sooner to be a part of all that.
The things you don’t even realize you’re missing out on until they’re gone…
I was up running the media for our church this Sunday. (For those of you that don’t know, we’ve got 2 projectors & screens that we use to display song lyrics, Bible verses, & key sermon points on Sunday mornings & I lead up our church’s team of people who run it. This last Sunday was my turn to run things). Anyhow, this means that I was there for both services & got to sing & hear everything twice. I love it! Usually I have to pay a little more attention to the first service to make sure I’m keeping up with the worship leaders & speaker(s), but I’m able to loosen up a bit & really worship & pay more attention the second time around because I have a better idea of what’s coming up.
Anyhow, this week Rodney Howell (yes the same guy Melisa & I spoke with last week) spoke to our congregation. He also brought up a couple from our church that just came back from a year-long stay in India. The focus was on missions & Matthew 25:14-30 (the Parable of the Talent). “We must be faithful with whatever God entrusts to us was the key point.
God had entrusted Steven with the abilities to be a project manager & have wisdom in leading business decisions. He also entrusted Stacy with marketing skills and sales abilities. They decided to use those skills & abilities to make a difference in an area of the world where it’s heartbreaking to see the poverty & pain with SO many people in such a small area (India is one of the most populous countries in the world). They went there to seek out ways to implement & support micro-finance opportunities to help stimulate growth & financial stability for those that would not have any other means to get themselves out of the slums. Very awesome in-deed.
Anyhow, one of the things they touched on was a concept they referred to as “Business As Mission”. A business whose core purpose is to lead & live for God’s purposes. There is a great website that they pointed you to: http://www.businessasmissionnetwork.com
This entire concept really gets me fired up! To use your skills & abilities, not only for financial stability, but in efforts that are specifically driven by the Will of God & for the purpose of furthering his Kingdom!
Up until this Sunday, I assumed we’d be exploring what God may be able to do with us in India. I was assuming I’d be looking for some random tech job, and we’d basically just live out our lives as bright lights in a dark place, offering that light to those around us as they saw something in us they wanted in their own lives. While that is very much the goal still, I am going to be exploring the possibilities of working for/with any of these Business As Mission efforts. I don’t know how that will all pan out, but I’m feeling my heartbeat speed up just typing this out right now!
Anyhow, I thought this was a cool concept & thought anyone out there stumbling on this site, or here to read up on what’s going on in our lives would be encouraged to see these kinds of efforts going on. I really hope that there is room for a techie in some of these endeavors.