Comments on: discuss: christians excelling in their field http://zamagazine.org/blog/discuss/christians-excelling-in-their-field/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:04:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: PCEevee http://zamagazine.org/blog/discuss/christians-excelling-in-their-field/comment-page-1/#comment-70 PCEevee Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:40:41 +0000 http://zamagazine.org/?p=82#comment-70 If this was a God of the temporal world, then yes, Christians should be the best in their respective fields. But of course, God's grace is sufficient for everybody, no matter how skilled/strong/rich they are. Christians do not need to be the best employees of the secular world. But, of course, if I take this position, then I must be dismissing my accomplishments so far in my educational career. So I might propose that this question is like the one about money: it's okay to be the best musician/artist, but it could be tempting to be focused away from Jesus. If this was a God of the temporal world, then yes, Christians should be the best in their respective fields. But of course, God’s grace is sufficient for everybody, no matter how skilled/strong/rich they are. Christians do not need to be the best employees of the secular world.

But, of course, if I take this position, then I must be dismissing my accomplishments so far in my educational career. So I might propose that this question is like the one about money: it’s okay to be the best musician/artist, but it could be tempting to be focused away from Jesus.

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