The Holy Tension Every Christian Entrepreneur Feels (And Why It’s Actually a Gift)
There’s a tension I live with as a spirit-filled entrepreneur, and it shows up far more often than I’d like to admit. I’ll be moving through my work, building, creating, showing up, and out of nowhere I find myself stopping to ask the Lord some pretty hard questions. Are my motives laid down? Am I doing this for my own gain? Is this about putting myself in the limelight, or is it about love? Is it about loving others? Is what I’m doing right now motivated by fear, or is it actually led by God? I used to think that constant inner questioning was a problem. Almost like a kind of turmoil I needed to fix or push past so I could finally feel confident in what I was building. I think a lot of people would look at that wrestling and assume something’s wrong. That if you really trusted God, you wouldn’t have to keep asking. But here’s what I’ve come to believe instead. That inner struggle, that holy tension, is actually what keeps you whole. It keeps you holy. It’s Not About Earning Your Righteousness Here’s the truth I keep coming back to. No amount of inner judgment,…
