AFRICA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS

JEMIMA WANJIRU KIMANI

GS190419BAFM

UC110

FOUNDATIONS OF LIFE AND MISSIONS

ASSIGNMENT;
SUMMARIZE THE TEN (10) IDEAS THAT STAND OUT FOR
YOUR LIFE-CALLING (WORK) AS A PARTNER IN GOD’S
MISSION.

 Reading the Bible as a book of wisdom. Wisdom is decision making that leads to human
flourishing. Folly is decision making that destroys life. Wisdom builds up. Folly tears down.
  Search for the secret of secrets. The very secret of life that will help us live well and applying it in
life.
 Following wisdom’s steps within us, for she is deep within us waiting to be called upon. Wisdom
know the answer to everything and anything that comes our way. Everything challenging about
life she knows the solutions to it.
 First, primary play is about seeing God as an almighty Father who is at work all around us
making everything and everyone new
 Second, primary play is partnering with God in making all things new.
 Third, primary play is about bringing this playful seeing and partnering into whatever I do and
into all my relationships
 First we should playfully be delighting in whatever we do each day. I will call this first delight
the whatever. Secondly, playfully delighting in whomever we do it all with and for. I will call this
the whomever. Third, making my delight in my almighty Father, who is at work everywhere
around me and in me making all things new, the delight that drives all other delights. I will call
this the wherever.
 we need the wisdom perspective of Proverbs 8 that our work should flow from the spontaneous
delight of seeing God at work all around us, freeing us to playfully partner with him. This
changes everything. Calling is no longer just a divine command to do a job. Calling is now a
divine invitation to playful partnership.
 The heart of this work ethic is that the work we do for a living is the supreme act of worship.
 Learning to play at God’s side as delighted and dependent children, full of the triple delight of the
whatever, the whomever and the wherever.
 Realizing that real work is not just about money. It is about creating, collaborating and doing
something wonderful and new. It is about meeting human need and using our gifts to make the
world a better place. It is not about winning. It is about playing—high-performance playing.

Reference
Work, Love and Play by Mark Shaw