I spent yesterday accompanying a friend to Slidell to sign a lease on some restaurant property he owns there. The tenant is a Chinese family that plans to open the restaurant as a Chinese restaurant. The dad, a chef from New York, an uncle and two daughters were all present at the signing and plan to participate in the business.
It seems we don’t have family businesses like we use to. At one time most commercial streets consisted of two or three story buildings with a business on the ground floor up front and a residence taking up the rest of the building. Most farms used to be family business; but these are generally a thing of the past.
I think we have lost something with the passing of family business. It must have been great for a family to spend most of their time working together. Family pride must have insured high quality, aided by years of combined experience. Each child growing up had the family business as, at least, a first choice for a life career.
When you think of it, church life should really be run as a family business. Too often we think of evangelism as a one man band performed by someone else, some place else. The task of bring others to Christ is much better performed by the church family working as one. As scripture says some plant, some water, some harvest.
Consider the joy in, as a family, watching someone come to Christ and grow in relationship to Him. That would be so great.
What part should you be playing in the family Kingdom business? We all have a part. The business should occupy our waking thoughts. We should work with experience and pride in making our family business the best it can be.
Get to work on your family’s business and be blessed.
Nick
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