The Career Crisis That Isn’t a Crisis

There’s this moment a lot of Christians have, maybe you’ve had it too.

You’re sitting at your desk, replying to yet another vague client email, wondering why you’re not out there doing something that matters. Something holy. Something that ends with people crying and saying, “you’ve changed my life” and maybe soft worship music playing in the background.

Instead, you’re adjusting budget forecasts. Again.

Because deep down a little voice says real Christians do ministry. The rest of us just… file things.

However, not everyone’s supposed to plant a church in Costa Rica or write a devotional called Lattes with the Lord. Some of us are out here reconciling transactions and trying not to throw hands in group chats.

And here’s the twist:

This still matters. You’re not a second-string believer just because your job description includes “email follow-up.”

Maybe ministry isn’t a position you apply for. Maybe it’s the perspective you live from.

Jesus Had a Job, and Paul Made Tents

Before Jesus flipped tables in the temple, He was flipping wood in a workshop. Jesus spent 30 years doing manual labor and three years doing ministry. That’s a 10:1 ratio of hammering wood to healing people.

Paul planted churches, sure. But he also made tents. Literal, physical tents. Dude was bi-vocational before it was cool.

Nobody looked at Jesus sanding down a chair and said, “Wow, what an anointed carpenter.”

But I’m guessing He still did it with excellence. With joy. Maybe with a bit of sarcasm, too.

If they didn’t treat their jobs as spiritual detours, neither should you.

So if you’ve ever thought, “Why am I still in this job?”

It’s possible God said:

“Because I put you there, genius.”

The Dangerous Lie of the “Next Big Thing”

A lot of us have been sold a subtle lie:

“If I’m not working for a church, or on the mission field, or doing something visibly ‘kingdom’… then I’m just killing time.”

There’s this idea floating around Christian spaces that you’re “waiting on your calling.”

Like it's some Amazon package labeled DESTINY that just hasn't been delivered yet. (Maybe it’s stuck in customs with your spouse.)

But what if calling isn’t always a promotion, a platform, or a podcast?

Maybe it shows up in a calendar invite you didn’t want to accept, a manager who needs grace, or a coworker who can’t stand Christians, until they meet you.

You don’t need a mic to make an impact. You don’t need a pulpit to preach hope.

You need eyes to see that the Kingdom is already here, in cubicles and classrooms and corner offices and crowded inboxes.

Real Mission Is Awkward, Ordinary, and Often Invisible

You won’t always feel “used by God” in a Zoom meeting.
But showing up on time, prepared, with humility and kindness? That’s Kingdom.

You won’t always feel anointed when you're reviewing data.
But doing it with honesty and clarity? That’s ministry.

You won’t always lead a Bible study at work.

But you can lead with love, listen well, and leave people better than you found them.

The best ministry often looks suspiciously like ordinary life done differently.

Mission Isn’t Somewhere Else, It’s Already Here

You don’t need to quit your job to serve God. You need to quit believing that only certain jobs matter to Him.

The mission isn’t waiting. It’s happening.

Right now. In spreadsheets and staff meetings and Slack threads.

In how you react under pressure.
In how you treat people who annoy you.
In how you carry peace into a place full of panic.

Your job might not be “Christian.”

But you are. And that’s enough.

God doesn’t need you to work at a church to reach people. He needs you to be faithful in whatever weird, wonderful corner of the world you’ve been planted.

That’s the mission.

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You care about living on mission.
You probably need more of this in your feed.

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