Journalist George Pitcher of opinion site NewStatesman is positively intrigued by the rise of a new breed of Christian business and finance professionals in London. “With the Archbishop of Canterbury and former oilman Justin Welby at the helm, the new ‘Power Christians’ of Britain are a formidable tribe whose aim is to reshape the culture of the City,” he writes.

During the testosterone-fuelled boom years preceding the crisis, Christian faith was about surviving in the City, but since 2008 and the revelation that it was all built on sand, Christians have been saying unequivocally that the gospel is non-negotiable, that working in commerce is about transforming the way we do business, that Christianity is disruptive of systemic greed and corruption: that, in short, their work serves their faith and not the other way round. They are converting markets, not just people.

'They Are Converting Markets, Not Just People.' 

With the emergence of this generation of self-confident, no-compromise disciples, the older City Christian benefactors, represented by figures such as Brian Griffiths, the vice-chairman of Goldman Sachs, have had their day. “It used to be that you made your money in the City and gave away big lumps of it to good causes,” Pitcher writes. “Griffiths was a driving force of the Christian Association of business Executives and its ‘principles for those in business’ - ‘Strive for excellence’, ‘Create wealth’, ‘Work ethically’ - which now look a bit like serving the system through the Christian gospel rather than making the system serve the gospel.”

The Lord may be calling you to change the world through some sort of entrepreneurial venture.  Wouldn't you find it useful to know what character traits could be developed to maximize your chance of success?  By approaching life from a perspective of what the Lord has given you strength in - is empowering.  This article by the Shepherd's Rod editor will encourage you to pursue your entrepreneurial destiny.

He pens, "Management guru Peter Drucker wrote that “entrepreneurship is neither a science nor an art.  It is a practice.”  If that is true, then what are the personal character traits that a person must have to be a successful entrepreneur?  Now there may be an answer to that question, found at an intersection between leading management theory and business performance data. The dictionary definition of an entrepreneur is “one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise” (from Merriam-Webster).  It is more than just innovation, but the ability to take what is innovative, create a market for it, and then deliver it to customers; or in the words of Scott Belsky (co-founder of Behance): “It’s not about ideas. It’s about making ideas happen.”

So, are organizational skills the key?  Or management skills? Or vision?

In Genesis, man was given dominion over the garden to tend and keep it. The word "cultivate" comes from the word "culture". All culture is the cultivation of somebody somewhere developing their "garden". Our earthly assignment is to tend our garden and grow it. God is looking for His global garden to be cultivated by His people and subdued, and that includes taking dominion over opposition so that God's glory can fill it. What is your God-given garden of assignment and how are you cultivating it for God's glory?

Your work is the sphere that God places you in to advance His Kingdom.  It is time to join the generation that wants to live everyday bringing the age to come to this present reality.  Are you ready?  This is well worth your time investment - just get ready to rise and shine - for the Glory of the Lord is upon you.

Joanna Gaines is one of the stars of the hit HGTV show - Fixer Upper.  In this video, she shares how God guided her through her life decisions.  Of note, is how the Lord instructed her to step out at times, and to step back at other times - but in the end - she finds a sense of destiny.

And even with all the Godly success in her life, you get a sense that the best is yet to come.  Such is the way of those who serve the Lord - and walk in perpetual Godly purpose.  For those of you called to the world of business, will you walk in the fullness of your destiny?  Let Joanna's story spur you on.