Walking in the way, we wait

There is, I believe, an inherent tension in participating in gospel entrepreneurship. We believe that we are called to engage in commerce in ways that are informed and transformed by the gospel and that this has redemptive effects within human society. At the same time, we have no illusion that our small obedience will bring about what we desire. Our desire is much greater than the influence that one, or even many, gospel-centered businesses can accomplish. We crave times of awakening and revival in which human society is transformed swiftly and deeply through the gospel.

Isaiah captured well how we live with this tension:

Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws,
we wait for you;
your name and renown
are the desire of our hearts. (Isaiah 26:8)

The way of waiting for, and pleading for the outpourings of the Spirit that we desperately need is not to sit idly. Rather, walking in the way of His laws, we wait. We are engaged in the business of bringing the Gospel to bear on all of human society. Yet we do this with a spirit of waiting, mindful that unless the Spirit creates repentance, any societal change is going to be superficial. Truly, His name and renown, and not the works of our hands, are the desire of our hearts.