Bible Reading Plan about Showing Up Every Day for God
Show Up Every Day as an Entrepreneur
Consistency can be difficult for anyone to achieve. Entrepreneurs can be particularly habit-averse. Like any creative person, we sometimes rush from idea to idea without actually finishing anything. Or we start out with good intentions, but the pressures to succeed undermine our values. One day we’re dealing honestly in business. The next, we’re cutting corners.
This Bible reading plan helps entrepreneurs show up every day. We need to show up to our businesses and we need to show up in our walks with God. By committing to both of these goals, we can live lives of integrity and depth. Hear from successful CEOs and popular faith figures as they help entrepreneurs show up every day.
Day 1: Obedience is Key
God is very clear that He desires us to obey Him. At the end of our lives, very little will matter. In fact, this devotional phrases the issue bluntly, “Your company is not going to heaven. The company entity is not going to pass through the pearly gates. You, and anyone you invite to join you, are the only people going through.”
Although pursuing your calling as an entrepreneur is part of obedience, let’s not forget to fulfil other spiritual practices like reading the Bible and prayer. If you feel overwhelmed, try slowing down. It might sound counterproductive, but God promises us rest when we obey.
Bible reading from Psalms.
Day 2: Pursue Intimacy with Christ
Diane Paddison is the founder of 4word, a Harvard MBA graduate, and former global executive of two Fortune 500 companies. In her experience, she’s realized that everything we do is guided by the Holy Spirit. When we don’t have intimate relationships with God, then our ability to hear the Holy Spirit’s promptings diminishes. Intimacy, she says, is key to showing up every day as an entrepreneur.
Bible reading from Matthew.
Day 3: Showing Up Every Day Means Abiding
Jesus asks us to abide in Him, and while the concept may seem somewhat foreign to modern audiences, it suggests a close connection. You might think of abiding as a branch abides with a tree. It consistently takes its power from the main body and is so close it’s considered inseparable.
Today’s thoughts invite you to abide in Christ as an entrepreneur. They come from Brian Mosley, who serves as the president of RightNow Media where his passion is to help people live out their faith in their neighborhoods, offices, schools, homes, and around the world.
Bible reading from Joshua.
Day 4: Showing Up During Seasons of Transition
It’s easy to be consistent when your habits are regular and each new day doesn’t throw a wrench in your spokes. But it’s hard when you’re facing a season of transition.
Dive into this devotional by a business consultant in his 60s. As his career winds down, he’s thinking about how he can show up every day in his new season of life. Perhaps he’s not an entrepreneur, but he can still steward his gifts and talents well.
Bible reading from Psalms.
Day 5: Getting Better Each Day
It would be strange if you showed up to the gym each day for a year and couldn’t lift any more weight than when you first began. In this sense, showing up every day implies growth. We show up because we’re prioritizing what matters and we want to become better business owners and followers of God.
One business owner unpacks an important section in 2 Peter about adding to your faith. He constantly challenges his teams to grow in self-control, perseverance, and faith. It’s not easy. Far from it. But being able to put others’ needs before your own is key to succeeding in business and in faith.
Bible reading from 2 Peter.
Day 6: Showing Up to the Wrong Thing
Are you showing up to a business that creates idols? Perhaps you’re taking advantage of others, producing content that devalues life, or selling your product in such a way that doesn’t glorify God. It’s an important question to ask because if you’re showing up every day to a business that creates idols, no success in the world will fix the problem at the core.
In this Bible reading plan, consider the darker side of showing up as an entrepreneur.
Bible reading from Acts.
Day 7: Just Take the Next Step
When Jesus talks about the way He guides us through life, He often uses moment-by-moment language. Daily bread – not rations for the month. And a light unto your feet - not a searchlight illuminating the mile ahead. Jesus rarely shows us the whole plan but instead asks us to follow along with him step by step.
Showing up every day as an entrepreneur is sometimes just that – waking up each morning with no expectation for what will come next except for a deep faith in God’s love.
Bible reading from Psalms.