What is it that you do?
Do you crunch numbers or manage a zoo?
Is your office the home in which you reside,
Or in a cubicle, no one around in which to confide?
You do what I do,
We do what they do.
What is it that you say,
To get your pay or earn an A?
Do you tell people about your eternal hope,
Or help addicts recover from dope?
You do what I do,
We do what they do.
Our business is the same,
So let’s stop playing the game.
Thinking that what you do
Is not what we do.
That’s easily probably the worst poem I’ve ever written, but the point is that we’re in the same business. Let me explain.
The marketing team for AIM just got back late last night from a marketing retreat to New York City. We had the opportunity to serve with a short-term missions team from South Carolina, bond as a team, and pick the brains of six different influential people from some notable organizations including charity: water, IJM, and the author of unchristian.
Along with the lists of things we need to do better and perspective shifts I’ll hopefully put into place in the years to come, I learned that we’re in the same business.
Some people might be trying to make sure that 1 billion people get clean water, some rescuing trafficking victims from brothels, and some writing to keep Christianity relevant.
Some maintain integrity in their offices when compromising would be easier and more financially beneficial, some teach kids responsibility and respect through English, Science, and Math curriculums, and some maintain a home environment that is conducive to growth.
Some lead the congregation in praise, some stand with the congregation during worship, but WE ALL WORSHIP!
It’s not so much a question of WHAT we each do, but HOW we do it. We’re all in the same business of glorifying our creator. If we can understand that, how much more will the church—I’m not talking about people in buildings—stop duplicating efforts and work together for each other’s causes and not just our own.
When it’s for the Kingdom, every sacrifice of time or recommendation is “mutually beneficial.” I’m glad I’m in the same business as you. It makes it easier to remember who is the boss.
