Is Your Day Job Your Covenant Career?
“He's not waiting for you to quit your job and become a missionary. He's waiting for you to realize you already are one.”
If you've made it here, you're ready for the deeper water.
At 18, I read President Ezra Taft Benson's words: "The Lord can make more of your life than you can."
I knew even then—at 18!—that fast-food franchising could make me a multi-millionaire. I could see the path clearly. The world's version of success was right there, accessible, practical.
Then the still small voice asked simply: "Why don't you let Him?"
My heart leaped. Without speaking, my whole soul responded: "Let Him, I will!"
That was 32+ years ago. And here's what I've learned—not to boast of myself, but to testify of Him: Without God, I am nothing. With Him? Everything changes.
You Are Not Your Day Job
Like you, perhaps, I'm a tent-maker.
Moses tended sheep for 40 years. Was he a shepherd? No—he was a deliverer preparing for his calling.
Paul made tents throughout his ministry. Was he a tent-maker? No—he was an apostle funding his mission.
Nephi crafted metal and built ships. Was he a shipbuilder? No—he was a prophet and record keeper building God's kingdom.
Alma served as chief judge and governor. Was he a politician? No—he was a high priest gathering Israel.
Peter returned to fishing after the crucifixion. Was he a fisherman? No—he was a rock upon which the church would build.
Nephi crafted metal and built ships. Alma served as chief judge. But their day jobs never defined their eternal identity.
You might be:
Teaching school while angels whisper through your lessons
Writing code while the Spirit flows through your keystrokes
Serving tables while ministering to hungry souls
Crunching numbers while calculating eternal equations
Whatever tent you're making—you are MORE.
You are a child of God, placed here in similitude of Christ. Your day job? That's just your tent-making. Your sheep-tending. Your net-casting.
The Power Available to You
Here's the miracle: The same God who made more of a stuttering Moses, a persecuting Paul, a denying Peter—He stands ready to transform YOUR daily work.
That spreadsheet you're building? It can be an act of worship. That customer you're serving? They might be an angel unaware. That lesson you're teaching? Seeds for eternity. That code you're debugging? Practice for perfection.
The mission I've taught my children since their youth—Be Like Abba—isn't just for my family. It's the invitation extended to every soul: You can receive His power in your daily tasks. You can transform the mundane into the miraculous.
Your Covenant Career
Perhaps you've felt it—the tension between needing to provide and wanting to minister. The pull between temporal necessities and eternal purposes.
What if they're not opposing forces?
What if your career could be a covenant—work that provides temporally while building eternally? Work excellent enough to fund your family AND your ministry? Work that trains you in patience, service, and love while keeping lights on and bellies full?
The world loves boxes. It's comfortable when teachers just teach, when programmers just code, when salespeople just sell.
But God's people have never fit in boxes.
Covenant careers—work that provides temporally while we build eternally. Excellence that funds both families AND being free with your substance enabling you to further build Zion.
Your Both/And Calling
Friend, you don't have to choose between excellence at work and devotion to God. He wants you to:
Magnify your current calling while building His kingdom
Excel at your craft while crafting souls
Meet quotas while preparing for eternity
Earn promotions while promoting His work
The temporal calling funds the eternal calling. But never mistake one for the other.
You're not just building a career. You're building Zion. You're not just serving customers. You're gathering Israel. You're not just earning a living. You're learning to create worlds.
The Promise for You
Remember: without Him, we are nothing. But WITH Him?
The same voice that asked me "Why don't you let Him?" whispers to you today. He can make more of your life than you can imagine. Your tent-making job—whatever it is—can become holy ground.
But first, you have to let Him.
He's not waiting for you to quit your job and become a missionary. He's waiting for you to realize you already are one.
Your workplace is your mission field. Your skills are your spiritual gifts. Your income is your offering. Your career is your covenant.
Let Him make more of it than you can.
P.S. - This truth transformed a car dealership into a temple for me. What could He do with your workplace? Your calling is waiting to be revealed, right where you are.
He's not waiting for you to quit your job and become a missionary. He's waiting for you to realize you already are one.