Choosing a respectable career field is an important decision, one that will have a profound effect on your life, the life of your family, and even your society. It will also consume much of your time on this earth. If we start work at the age of 22, and we are privileged to live to the age of 70, we will spend approximately 200,000 hours of our life at our workplace … that’s the equivalent of nearly 23 years of our life! Quite an investment, wouldn’t you agree? But more important than what we are, is WHO we are … THAT is with us full time for a lifetime.
Who we are affects how we spend our time on the job and away from the job. How we invest our free time and our spare money is a true reflection of our character and our belief system. Perhaps our education enables us to be a chemical engineer, a graphics artist, or a nurse … but WHO we are enables us to minster both on and off the job.
How do you spend your free time? Your spare money? What does this say about who YOU are?
I have been reading The Hole in Our Gospel: What does God expect of Us?
Stearns has an insight and a voice that most preachers will never have, because it is a look into the Word from a perspective they’ve never seen … the perspective of one who has seen the power of the gospel at work in the lives of those who live in extreem poverty and disease, many of them are only hours from death. They have no hope physically or spiritually. Stearns shares his insight by telling true stories of the positive things that happen when we minister Life and Hope to those who are completely without.
This is a soul searching book that seeks to answer the age old question, “What does God expect of us?” In my opinion, Stearns does a very good job of helping us find that answer.
Keeping it real,
Thank you for commenting on Rich Stearns’ new book, The Hole in Our Gospel. This book has already had a tremendous impact on many Christians. Bill Hybels, Senior Pastor of Willow Creek Church, just bought 10,000 copies of the book to give to his congregation. Hybels told his church, “This is one of the finest books I have ever read. It is my goal to get every member of Willow Creek Church to read it.” To find out more information about the book and Stearns, you can visit http://www.theholeinourgospel.com. You’ll find on this site a lot of great resources and supplemental material to the book. You can also read Rich’s blog and engage in a forum discussion there. It’s a fantastic site – I encourage you to check it out!
You are right , most of our life pastes while working. Life is short. Thats why we should not waste our time.
I should take a look on Rich Steams book.
Thanks for sharing
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