Should You Take A Leap of Faith and Start that Christian Business?

Dear reader, 

When was the last time you did something that absolutely terrified you?

I ask because I wonder what kind of person you are.

Do you take risks?

Do you cherish comfort and normality?

Do you allow hard things to change your life’s direction?

Do you let God switch up your life’s story?

I’ve been thinking about God often. Which isn’t too odd considering I’ve been raised in the church. But how I’ve been thinking about Him isn’t normal. 

God isn’t very safe. 

All you die hard Narnia fans may recognize this thought. Mr. Beaver speaks about Aslan this way.  “Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the King, I tell you.”

If that doesn’t get you asking questions I don’t know what will. 

I’ve naturally been one to question the why of people’s motives and desires. 

When a child hits or bites another child we immediately question them “Why did you do that?”

I ask God why so often. I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to stop. 

I don’t know If He wants me to. 

But here’s what I do know. 

God wants our faith to grow. He doesn’t desire our trust in Him to waver, but he expects it to. He knows our human limitations. When we fall short that doesn’t surprise Him. 

But that brings us to today. How does thinking about how God isn’t safe affect my everyday life?

More and more each day. 

Comfort and peace is to be found in Him alone. The Holy Spirit within us who are sealed with salvation know very well how radical God is. All throughout scripture God would send under-qualified people to do unheard of tasks that would rely on God’s power completely. 

Moses couldn’t split the Red Sea. 

Joshua couldn’t bring down Jericho's Walls.

Peter couldn’t walk on water. 

But God allowed each of these people to do unrealistic tasks for the sake of the glory of The One Who Can. 

So what about you and me. Are we exempt from these awesome parts in the Story of God?

Absolutely not, of course we are not to let our pride take us down a path not laid out by God, but if the God of the Universe leads our heart’s desires and our minds, wouldn’t he want to do incredible things?

So. I will be very open, I’m growing in my discernment, but I’m about 97% sure God wants me to leave my factory role I’ve been in for the past 9 months or so. That in itself shouldn’t be much of a shock, most of you know I didn’t want to be there longer than I needed to be. But it’s what follows that is terrifying.

I think God wants me to start my own business. 

(*gulp.)

“Do you know how to run a business?”

No. 

“Do you have a profitable business idea?”

I think so. 

“Will you succeed?”

That’s up to God, not me.

I don’t have a lot to go on. I am not a business man. I can give you a long list of why I don’t think I should do this, but I only need one reason to do it. 

I think God wants me to. If it’s of God it will be in His hands, and if I have been sincerely seeking Him and others for wise counsel and the answer has been the same across the board it seems like an overwhelming YES. 

So why should I veto it? Who am I to turn down what seems to be an opportunity from God to do something so far out of the normality of my life up until this point. 

He’s God! I think we forget that so often, He created the World, the Cosmos. He can lead me in anyway He so chooses. Who am I to challenge God?

Come January I will be unemployed technically. 

But I will also be working as hard as I can to pick up the task God’s laid before me. 

I don’t know where this story is heading. I’ve got my guesses and desires. But ultimately I answer to the King of Kings, and what He says goes. 

And I’m pretty sure He says to leap. 

It’s time for me to get a running start.

Are you coming with me?

Sincerely Your fellow Crazy Entrepreneur in Training,

-Mitchell