How to Balance Faith and Career as a Christian
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- Опубліковано 1 чер 2021
- We often talk about faith and career in terms of balance. As if you can "have it all."
In this talk, Steve offers a different way to confront this important life question. Because, as he learned from an Athonite monk and Wall Street attorney, faith and career isn't about balance.
It's about putting first things first.
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Direct hit. I wish I had known this as a young man. I pray I can love it as an old one. Sharing with my children and grandchildren. Glory to God in all things☦️
And I wish I can do a better job of living this! Amen, Glory to God!
I'd love to hear what people think about this one!
Thanks for the video Steve!
As a graduating ME student in college, this was definitely encouraging.
I'm a recent convert from Protestantism, so faith has always been my priority (I was even kinda a zealot as a Protestant...). But, this means I'm not as "all in" to a career as others. Nor do I have some career "passion" I want to pursue beyond keeping my prayer rule and going to Church (and reading some Church History, and learning Russian, and reading some good books...). I have been struggling to see how I could ever be a godly husband and father if I'm not as much a "go getter" in a career as those around me.
But, I am grateful for the call to prioritize: to seek first the Kingdom and everything else will come. To have a job that can support a family, but not one that makes it impossible for me to keep my prayer rule or spend a healthy amount of time with my Church family and my future family (when I marry).
This is definitely something I have felt for awhile and this video helped explain what my guardian angel has been trying to whisper in my ear the last few years.
I am definitely taking notes on this video for my journal :)
Peace be with you.
Haha! So here's what I think. I didn't click the video because I am dealing with a personal dilemma. I already know what my priorities are. I clicked it because I thought it's interesting, fresh and I was very curious to see its conclusion! It sure has a plot twist! To be honest it touched me in a different way. I too have grandparents (as a Greek) that embody the example of the Greek speaking Christians of Asia Minor in present, and compared to their constancy I feel sorry for myself. I never know what I am going to do with my life and I doubt every single step. But, I always remind myself that He knows better and He will show the way. And the truth is, He always miraculously does.
It was a great video! But how do we put God first? For example, im going out camping with my scout group this summer, and i maybe will have the minimum amount of free time (the rest of the time will be work and learning) what do i do? Do i try to repeat prayers troughout the day, say all others like before eating and say some repentance prayers and prayers of forgiveness before sleep? With this video i learned that the reason i get burned out from praying and am sometimes lazy to pray is because i look at it as a chore (as a secondary thing). How can i look at it as my main purpouse in life? Thank you and God bless you!
@@martinniceski4032 Great question! Talk about this with your priest the next time you talk or confess.
God bless you!
Steve, this video was fantastic! Well done! I will share with many.
Watching this made me want to go a complete 180. So I'm disabled, with a mental illness, and I've been working incredibly hard to be able to hold a job and "get my life back on track." The result is not only have I been unsuccessful, but I've been obsessed more with my life than with God. Maybe instead of focusing so much on doing something I've actually been deemed mentally unfit to do, I could spend time that I would be spending working and go to church more and volunteer more, and simply live on less. Anyway, thanks for the video. It helped.
Perhaps this is something to talk about with your priest or spiritual father the next time you talk or confess.
God bless you!
This feels almost as if I wrote it or should have.
Wonderful presentation! I will share it with my son and daughter!
I hope it leads to a good conversation!
I loved the content Steven really awesome. I struggle with how much time and effort do I put in my career, the more time I spent on my career that is less time I spend on learning the faith. Learning the faith can save the soul long term but having a succesfull career can provide temporary benefits here on earth.
Honestly, I needed (and need, everyday) this reminder most of all.
Great video! So many things I totally agree with when it comes to parish leadership and volunteering in church ministries/ being a Christian. I know it's easy for me to say as a stay at home mom as I do not have to worry about making money for the family...but one of my favorite words is humility. It is not about me, it's always about God. And I do not ever want to become too busy for Him. But it is something I hear so much as a Sunday School director "I am too busy to volunteer, I have so many things going on in the weekends, not this year, maybe next..." And I worry as I know our children are watching... and it is not surprising to me that nowadays they seem too busy to spend time with God as well.
Great point! We all have the same hours in the day, we just have to decide what to do with them.
And that sense of business and prioritizing everything but God is something kids definitely learn from.
What an absolutely bold move to try to answer such a difficult question in a short concise video!
Kudos to Steve and the Y2AM crew for succinctly answering a question that I hear over and over again from young adults. This video will be a great primer for when this question pops up again.
The Community reference (though I love the show) felt out of place but the example worked.
Steven Covey’s famous 7 habits also says - “Put first things first.” And that is advice that we don’t hear enough.
Thanks for making the video. Definitely well worth the time. I am sure it will help many. May God bless.
My only suggestion is that you should considering making some follow up videos because this only skims the surface of the issue.
Foe instance, the video takes such a negative view of “balance” and that could be misinterpreted that moderation is bad. There is an importance to moderation and balance in faith. Our modern culture is laden also with this concept of extremism and addiction based on an “all-in” attitude. For example, eating carbs is bad so I am going “all-in” on a no-carb diet.
Another aspect to consider is how young adults become frustrated in their occupations because they don’t feel like they are doing enough to change the world. And the humility and yet boldness needed to discern whether a career change is in order or not.
You raise good questions, Father. It's a hard thing to do when offering a talk or idea in the abstract, rather than in conversation with people.
I hope communities and groups of friends can dig into this a bit deeper, and wrestle with how it applies to them.
This was written as a conference talk, with a Q&A afterward. I think some wrestling is important here.
Thank you for this video. God bless you!
This is powerful stuff! Appropriate to counter-balance the myths around us!
Steve, this is one of your most passionate and transformational offerings! This spoke from your heart to ours! Keep em coming!
We need to hear this!! I’m grateful! Blessings to you!
Glory to God!
Amazing video. Thank God for this work.
Xristos Anesti ! A wonderful video about balance, bravo
Alethos Anesti!
Thank you very much.
Great video, thank you!
Love this
This video is a blessing. Thank you
Glory to God!
Great video!
Thanks for mentioning ministry as well as it can easily be the same as any other “work”. We should try and be ‘aware’ of imaging Christ in everything, from the moment we wake up till we go to sleep. The smallest of actions to the biggest.
Amen to that!
What a relevant video for me right now! Currently, I am deciding on what to do with my life as I prepare for my two year study to receive my bachelor's. I am a Psychology major, and I am deciding on what area do I want to apply this major in. A video like this is very helpful to me.
I've decided, however, that the will of God is more important than anything else. If I have to decide between something that will not glory/honor God vs something that will honor God, I must do what will honor God. :)
Glory to God! I hope this is something you get to discuss with your priest or spiritual father, too. As well as family and friends. Big decisions benefit from prayer and the input of people we're close to.
Great! Next make a "balancing faith and hobby" video
Coming here on a day that I need to make a choice between a career opportunity which would take my Sundays till may including pascha with no leeway to have that day off. Making me think if the end goal is what I really need/want. I don’t want to put my career above my faith.
Individualism has and continues to be a scourge
There is no such thing as balance .you put God first.everything else is secondary
Islam The Beautiful Religion
( Be Just )
Quran 5:8
'' O you who believe! stand out firmly for God, as witnesses to fair dealing, and let not the > HATRED OF OTHERS TO YOU < make you swerve to wrong and depart from justice. Be just: that is next to piety: and fear God. For God is well-acquainted with all that you do. ''
Quran 4:58
'' Indeed, God commands you to render trusts to whom they are due and when you judge between people to judge with justice. Excellent is that which God instructs you. Indeed, God is ever Hearing and Seeing.''
( God's The Rules Of War )
Quran 2:190
'' Fight in the way of God > THOSE WHO FIGHT YOU < but do not transgress. Indeed. God does not like transgressors. ''
Quran 2 :193
'' And fight them on until there is no more oppression, and there prevail justice and faith in God; but if they cease, Let there be no hostility except to those who practice oppression. ''
Quran 4:90
''.........So if they withdraw from you and cease their hostility and offer you peace, in that case Allah has not granted you permission to fight against them.''
Quran 8:61
''And if they seek peace, then you also seek it, and put your trust in God. He is the Hearer, the Knowledgeable.''
( Stand Up For Justice )
Quran 4 :135
'' Ye who believe! stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses to God, even as against > YOURSELVES < or your parents, or your kin, and whether it be (against) rich or poor: for God can best protect both. Follow not the lusts (of your hearts), lest ye swerve, and if ye distort (justice) or decline to do justice, verily God is well-acquainted with all that ye do.''
( Who Are The Good Human Beings? )
Quran 2.177
'' Righteousness is "NOT" that you turn your faces ( in worship ) toward the east or the west but [true] righteousness is [in] one who believes in God, the Last Day, the angels, the Book, and the prophets and gives wealth,> IN SPITE OF LOVE FOR IT,< to relatives, orphans, the needy, the traveler, those who ask [for help], and for > freeing slaves < [and who] establishes prayer and gives charity; [those who] fulfill their promise when they promise; and [those who] are patient in poverty and hardship and during battle. Those are the ones who have been true, and it is those who are the righteous. ''
( Freedom To Believe And To Reject )
Quran 2:256
'' Let there be no compulsion in religion. Truth stands out clear from error ''
Quran 10:99
'' And had your Lord willed, those on earth would have believed > all of them entirely < Then would you compel the people in order that they become believers? ''
( Tolerance For Other Religions )
Quran 109: 1- 6
Say,"O disbelievers,
I do not worship what you worship.
Nor are you worshipers of what I worship.
Nor will I be a worshiper of what you worship.
Nor will you be worshipers of what I worship.
For you is your religion, and for me is my religion."
( Protection for Idol Worshiper )
Quran 9:6
"And if any one of the polytheists seeks your protection, then grant him protection so that he may hear the words of Allah. Then deliver him to his place of safety. That is because they are people who do not know. "
Quran16:125
“Call people to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good teaching, and argue with them in the most courteous way”
Quran7:199 “Be tolerant....”
( Friendship With Non Muslims )
Quran 60:8
'' God does not forbid you from those who do not fight you because of religion and do not expel you from your homes - from being righteous toward them and acting justly toward them. Indeed, God loves those who act justly. ''
( Do Christians And Jews and "OTHER" non-Muslims go to Heaven? )
Quran 2:62
'' Those who believe (in the Qur'an), and those who follow the Jewish (scriptures), and the Christians and the Sabians,-> ANY { On Judgement Day }
( According to the Quran Christians and Jews worship TRUE God )
(Quran 3:113-114)
'' Not all of them are alike: Of the People of the Book ( Christians and Jews ) are a portion that stand (For the right): They rehearse the Signs of God all night long, and they prostrate themselves in adoration. They believe in God and the Last Day; they enjoin what is right, and forbid what is wrong; and they hasten (in emulation) in (all) good works: They are in the ranks of the righteous.''
Note: According to the Quran that Jesus is not God nevertheless Christians still worship one '' TRUE '' God.
( > Allah < Is The Protector Of Monasteries, Churches, Synagogues And The Mosques )
Quran 22:40
[They are] those who have been evicted from their homes without right - only because they say, "Our Lord is Allah ." And were it not that Allah checks the people, some by means of others, there would have been demolished monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques in which the name of Allah is much mentioned. And Allah will surely support those who support Him. Indeed, Allah is Powerful and Exalted in Might.
( Why Are There So Many Different Religions In The World ? )
Quran 5 48
''...... If God wanted He could have made all of you a > single nation < But He willed otherwise in order to test you in what He has given you;(scriptures) therefore try to excel one another in good deeds. Ultimately you all shall return to God; then He will show you the truth of those matters in which you > DISPUTE submission < to God), never will it be accepted of him; and in the Hereafter He will be in the ranks of those who have lost (Salvation)''
My explanation of above verse
Islam mean > submission < to God
( The above verse saying is that God will not accept a religion from the > MUSLIM < and the Non-Muslims but total > submission < to God.)
Question: How Can Muslim And the > Non-Muslim < > submit < to the God ?
Answer: Be kind to other human beings and Do not lie, Do not steal, Do not cheat, Do not hurt others, Do not be prideful and Do the charity work.
( God Allow Muslims To Marry And Eat Food From the Christian And Jew And Vice Versa )
Quran 5;5
''This day [all] good foods have been made lawful, and the food of those who were given the Scripture ( Christian and Jew) is lawful for you and your food is lawful for them. And [lawful in marriage are] chaste women from among the believers and chaste women from among those who were given the Scripture ( Christian and Jew) before you, when you have given them their due compensation, desiring chastity, not unlawful sexual intercourse or taking [secret] lovers. And whoever denies the faith - his work has become worthless, and he, in the Hereafter, will be among the losers.''
( Kindness Toward Atheists / > APOSTATE < )
Quran 60:8
'' As for such [ of the unbelievers ( atheist) ] as do not fight against you on account of [your] faith, and neither drive you forth from your homelands, > Allah < does not forbid you to show them > kindness < and to behave towards them with full equity: for, verily, Allah loves those who act equitably. ''
( All The Terrorists / Killers Will Enter Hell Fire )
Quran 5:32
"......Whoever kills a soul unless for a soul or for corruption [done] in the land - it is as if he had slain mankind entirely......"
( Turned Your Enemies Into Your Awesome Friends )
Quran 41:34
"The good deed and the evil deed are not alike. Repel the evil deed with one which is better, then lo! he, between whom and thee there was enmity (will become) as though he was a bosom friend."
( The Husband and The Wife Are > Protecting Friends < One Of Another )
Quran 9:71
''And the believers, men and women, are > Protecting Friends < one of another; they enjoin the right and forbid the wrong, and they establish worship and they pay the poor-due, and they obey God and His messenger. As for these, God will have mercy on them. Lo! God is Mighty, Wise.''
Quran16:97
“To whoever, male or female, does good deeds and has faith, We shall give a good life and reward them according to the best of their actions.
Quran 30:21
“And of His signs is that He created for you from yourselves mates that you may find tranquility in them; and He placed between you > affection and mercy { Love }
The Prophet Muhammad said, “The best among you is the best to his wife”
( Human Are One Big family )
Quran 49:13
" O mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that ye may know each other (not that ye may despise (each other). Verily the most honored of you in the sight of God is (he who is) the most righteous of you. And God has full knowledge and is well acquainted (with all things)."
( All The Racist People Will Enter Hellfire )
Quran 30:22
"And of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and the diversity of your languages and your colors. Indeed in that are signs for those of knowledge."
My conclusion:
The > BASIC < message of God to the human is that '' YOU '' believe in God and be kind to other human beings / > animals < and in the > RETURNED < God will > REWARD < you with a new life in Paradise.
* The Quran ONLY guides you how to become a good human being " Nothing Else ".
* You are a good human being or a bad human being that is YOUR choice.
* No one can force you to become a good human being.
* You MUST work HARD to become a good human being.
* Why should '' YOU '' do good deeds and avoid bad deeds?
* Do Good - it's for You. Do Bad - It's against you.
* '' YOUR '' life is a TEST from God that you will choose to do either Good or Bad.
* Find the excuse to help others and forgive others NOT the other way around.
* '' YOUR '' final destination is either Hell or Heaven.
* So work HARD toward choice of YOUR destination.
Quran 17:7
If you do good, you will do so for your own good. And if you do evil, it will be to your own loss.
Is this responding to anything in the video?
@@stevenchristoforou1667 I am a preacher
@@Syed_12 Ok. But is it helpful to paste a random comment into a video that has nothing to do with what you're preaching about?