Friday, May 1, 2009

The way gospel entrepreneurs spread hope

At the Entrepreurship Forum this year I saw the relationship between hope, glory, and entrepreneurship in a way that I had never seen it before. Two texts came together in a remarkable way. First, Romans 5:2,
". . . we rejoice in hope of the glory of God."
That sounds very spiritual and otherworldly. It doesn't sound like the kind of thing that calls us to engage diligently in the daily responsibilities of life. How does that translate into life here and now?
"And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord,are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another" (2 Cor 3:18).
Our business as entrepreneurs is to gaze on the glory of God in the face of Christ day after day, such that we rejoice in the hope of its fullness, we reflect to the world in our countenance the glory of God, and we sustain no illusions that what we see here is all there is.

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