Business Through the Eyes of Faith

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God” (Matthew 5:9). Christian business leaders will grow in their ability to become peacemakers who foster unity, cooperation, teamwork, and reconciliation.

Common sense tells us it is good to involve people in the planning process at the point that the plan affects their work. When those responsible for carrying out a plan are excluded from its development, they will have neither the motivation nor the information to adjust and implement the plan effectively.

Good followers obey the boss’s orders yet they do not become subservient.

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God” (Matthew 5:8). Christian leaders should become purer and purer in heart as they continue to grow more like Christ.

The Christian leader must realize his job is to determine the actions God wants him to take and then trust God for the results.

What animals do by instinct, people do with conscious and directed effort. We are able to analyze and understand events and make meaningful decisions that will guide our response.

Good followers happily fit their own particular skills and experience into the team without competing for the roles of other team members.

These passages suggest that God ultimately determines what will happen. In spite of God’s sovereignty and control of the world, however, we are to make plans and carry them out. That is one of the paradoxes we find hard to understand. God is in control, yet we make decisions that really make a difference. Our calling and task is to know God’s will

William Crockett, in an article in Industry Week, said that good followers “are not corporate sheep who are sheared every day, nor are they quiet submissive peons. Good followers are people who respond creatively to leadership and who are productive, creative members of a team.”