Since 2013 we have been iWork4Him. As an organization, we have highlighted the stories of Jesus Following Workplace believers working for God – Col 3:23 style: “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters…”
The Faith and Work movement has also focused on working for God, which is a big mindset change for many but still falls short of all that Jesus came to redeem. Jesus came to restore that which was broken in the garden: Physical Flourishing, Mental Flourishing, and Spiritual Flourishing. If we are to flourish in our work we need to make that final shift to working with God, like Moses, David, Joshua, Joseph, Paul, and of course Jesus.
It’s time for Christians everywhere to Shift to With. Let’s shift to working with God. He has every answer you seek and every solution you are searching for. It’s still true that we work for God, but it’s time to go deeper and understand what it means to work with God, involving ourselves with Him in all the intimate details of our lives.
God doesn’t need us to accomplish His plans, but He wants to work with us on it. He created us to work together with Him. He demonstrated it in the garden, when He brought all the animals to Adam for Adam to name, and He will do that with us when we see Him in our work.
iWorkwithHim is the new mantra. It doesn’t involve our strength, only our obedience to seek Him in all things. Start today by asking Him “Father, where are you working today that I may join you?”
“Shift to with” isn’t just a way to interact with God, our Father. It is THE way He desires to live intimately with you.