4 Steps to Fulfilling God's Mission through your Business

by Dale Shumaker
4spirit@gmail.com

This process will help you discover and reinforce what mission God has for you. Give each area some thought. Then go over them with a trusted friend (who may have additional insight) and see where God is preparing you.

God Calls
What defining moment (or moments) stand out in your mind? What dramatic or traumatic experience, surprising achievement, or something that has left an imprint on your thinking ever since? God's calling many times comes out of a defining moment which has inspired you to want to contribute to others because of the impact the event has had in your life. (It can be a very positive or negative experience.)

God Equips
Consider all your experiences from childhood to now. List education/training, activities, lifestyle experiences, work, hobbies, responsibilities, accomplishments which made you proud, that stand out to you. All these experiences are part of an equipping process. Create a lifestyle resume of achievements, education, activity/work experience that are part of your make up and make you feel strong/fulfilled when you think about them.

God Sends
In business we call this our market. God puts in our minds a group of people that we want to make a difference in their lives. It could be households, children, businesses, singles, disabled, etc. Have you ever said, "Someone ought to..." You may be that someone to do it. What creates a stirring in your soul when you think of contributing to a facet of people's lives? To whom or where would you see God sending you?

God Contributes Through You
Where God sends us, he equips us and many times this is birthed from defining moments. How do you want to help, serve, contribute to others' lives? What are you passionate about, and you want to make a difference in their lives? This is a group that God may want you to disciple. In a practical way, you become His Shepherd, caregiver in Spirit, for their lives. A customer, supplier may be who God wants you to build up in Christ. Like the Apostles, as business people you are His missionary directly to the marketplace.

God's Mission for You
Write a statement of who you feel God is calling you to, how He wants you to serve them and develop them, (i.e., disciple them for His Kingdom). And how God would want to use your business venture as His platform to build up the body of Christ through you.

The Secret to Spiritual Power
1. Find a partner to share in God's mission. Be prayer partners, encouragers, and share ideas and strategies.
2. Commit to take action. Sharing your actions with each other, and their results. Be the motivator to keep each other going.
3. Develop a personal, Spiritual growth discipline. Create and follow a Bible study plan, a prayer plan, a commitment to build the Kingdom of God daily through your business and life.

The Lord (to Joshua)... meditate on the Word day and night(renew your mind).
Jesus... seek His Kingdom first and all will be added to you as well.
Paul... persist in your prayers for all believers.

As God said to Joshua (Chapter 1), do this and you will succeed in all you do.

I will do a workshop for no charge for someone(s) wanting to put this to work... in person, or over phone (417-224-3517).