January 10, 2010
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Marketplace Fathers What’s
fathering? – When we start our discipleship process
in church we learn to serve and we get our spiritual mentoring from the
pastoral covering in our church. It’s a healthy process that works. At
some
point our maturity takes us from servant to friend (Jn 15:15) and we
develop
Kingly aspects in our ministry. We give ourselves permission to pursue
the
desire of our hearts and we begin to take land; usually in another
mountain. It’s
at this point that fathering takes on a different
look. As servants in church we only looked for spiritual mentors. As
Kings the
wall is broken between spiritual and natural and we value our
vocational
pursuits and find ministry in them. Doctors “minister” to their
patients; Teachers
“minister” to their students; businessmen “minister” to their
customers.
Marketplace ministry crosses back and forth between natural and
spiritual
ministry so often that the lines get blurred and one leads to the other
routinely. Doctors can prescribe medicine and heal the sick through
prayer all
in the same day – get it? Back
to Fathering… Learning how to be proficient and
prosperous in your vocation is greatly enhanced by a mentor. A
spiritual
brother or sister who has flourished in his field can show you how to
succeed in
the same area in terms of financial prosperity and ministry
opportunities.
Listen to “fathering” in the Bible. "See, I will
send you
the prophet Elijah before that great and dreadful day of the Lord
comes. He
will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts
of the
children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with
a curse."
Mal 4:5-6 NIV And he will go
on before
the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the
fathers
to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous —
to make
ready a people prepared for the Lord." Luke 1:17 NIV Seasons – I believe we are in a season where the Lord is highlighting fathers and mentors. We are learning to network; there is a hunger in Kings to receive the wisdom of fathers. Fathers are hungry to find their sons and help them succeed. It’s just something the Lord is placing on hearts right now. We
are at a point in history where the need for
fathering has never been greater. For decades our society has
been
ravaged by the affects of war – not just physical war where we lose
men, but
spiritual war that has come against the family and men,
specifically.
Divorce has torn homes apart and left millions of children without a
consistent, positive father figure. The “sins” of our society
have caused
men to sell their souls for a bowl of pottage or stripped them of their
manhood. All of this and more has left a generation crying
‘where are our
fathers’. God is answering this call by raising up
men and women
with a passion for the next generation of Kings. They are not
motivated
by profit but by a true father’s heart that is committed to his
children and by
their dreams and the desire to see others achieve theirs for the
benefit of the
whole world.
What does
your Father look like? He or she has the
vocational wisdom to propel you into your future. They have done it
before
(experience) and they have been prosperous. They are spiritually
mature, but
they don’t wear their spirituality on their sleeve. In fact, I don’t
need them
to teach me what I already learned as a saint equipped in church; I
need them
to teach me how to apply those truths and relationships in the
marketplace. Note:
Just so you know
this isn’t just theory, my
mentors at
the moment are Dan Gaub,
Nathan
Gaub and Greg
Dalessandri… all great brothers
with a huge vision who know how to prosper in my area of interest. They
are teaching
/ fathering me to be successful in a very specialized area of day
trading. I know that’s not generally applicable to others, and this is
not a recommendation, but it’s a big deal
for me. These
Fathers are excited about God, but they are also
excited about their mountain and the sphere they’ve been called to
minister in.
Fathers of Kings know how to work hard, find success, multiply money,
convert
money to ministry, and have fun doing it. People are drawn to them
because they
are not “religious” in the sense of forcing themselves to do things
they don’t
enjoy. They are pulled ahead by the natural desires of their hearts and
they
enjoy life at that foundational level. They don’t have separate boxes
for
spiritual and vocational and ministry. Andrew - I
met Andrew
Ferguson at a Brian Klemmer conference (recommended by one of
my
mentors). Of course our mutual friend was the mentor. As we got
acquainted, I
realized Andrew was a father to Kings in the business mountain. He’s
currently
CEO of Mobile Spike, but he’s had experience starting and running other
companies
and he’s the perfect guy to review a business plan and improve it. I
believe he’s
one of many that the Lord is raising up to help the next generation of
Kings
building the Kingdom of God. Andrew’s
vision is to help
entrepreneurial people find success and connect with their Kingdom
purpose. In
the future he will gradually move from CEO of one business to mentoring
multiple businesses (fathering) with four simple goals:
You’ll
enjoy his
interview. How to Find Your Father – The first step toward being Kingly is finding your heart’s desire and deciding what you want to do. A father or mentor will appear when you have that direction and decide you want one. God himself will assist on that front with divine appointments.
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