Called to Create
Following in the Footsteps of the Original Entrepreneur
God is the original entrepreneur. If anyone knows what it’s like to create and build something completely new, it’s Him. And we can see that from the very beginning He has created us to share in His entrepreneurial process.
So often, we think of work as a curse—as something God made us do after we got kicked out of the Garden. But what if work is actually a part of His image? What if it’s an invitation to create and build alongside the Ultimate entrepreneur? What if work is something God gave us as a vehicle through which we can enjoy His presence?
What made the Garden of Eden so special wasn’t the absence of work. It was the presence of the perfect co-worker. See, God and Adam worked together. The Garden of Eden and all the plants and animals in it were shared between God and man. That’s the perfect vision of work—that we can be united in purpose, passion, and pursuit with God.
God wants to work with us. He wants to create with us. He wants to start, share, and complete new projects and ideas with us. He didn’t leave Adam alone to tend to the Garden of Eden, and He doesn’t ask us to work in isolation.
God uses us to bring about His kingdom on Earth as it is in heaven. Our creations can bring order out of chaos, solve problems, seize opportunities, rally against injustice, and create dignity and opportunity for those who interact with our creations.
Initiatives:
Treat creativity as something that we do alongside God.
Look at our work and see that it is good.
Embrace thinking outside the box, creating new ideas, investing in the good, the true, and the beautiful.
Scripture references:
“The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.” The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals.” - Genesis 2:15-20