Matt Carter, in his work on gospel-driven leadership, emphasizes “God doesn’t just work in your life on Sunday mornings; He works through you every day of the week.”¹
Faith in this context goes beyond mere belief in God's existence. It involves trusting Him with the details of our responsibilities, decisions, and calling. This trust shapes how we lead, serve, and create. It reminds us that we are not acting alone, but participating in God’s ongoing plan.
When we believe that God has already placed in the world all that we need to fulfill His purposes, we are freed to work with joy, confidence, and faithfulness. Every opportunity, every problem, and every task becomes part of our participation in what He is already doing.
This idea of discovering rather than inventing isn’t limited to the pulpit and theologians. Steve Jobs, reflecting on the nature of creativity, observed: “Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while.”²
Jobs' insight reinforces the biblical principle that we are not autonomous creators of meaning. Instead, we are discoverers connecting, synthesizing, and stewarding what God has already set in motion.
Stewardship and Purpose
The journey of discovery in our work is ultimately one of stewardship. As R. C. Sproul explains “God created all things for a purpose, and our job is not to invent meaning, but to discover and align ourselves with the meaning God has already woven into the fabric of creation.”³
This perspective reveals the sacredness of our work. When we uncover and steward what God has made, we step into His divine design. We are not creating value from nothing, we are faithfully revealing the value God has already embedded in the world.
When we uncover and steward what God has made, we step into His divine design.
This is the heart of business discipleship: understanding that our work matters because it reflects God’s intention for creation and reveals His glory through our stewardship.
¹ Matt Carter, The Real Win: A Man’s Quest for Authentic Success (B&H Publishing, 2013).
² Steve Jobs, interview by Gary Wolf, Wired Magazine, February 1996.
³ R. C. Sproul, The Work of the Holy Spirit (Reformation Trust Publishing, 2006).