Some of the topics we have been addressing illustrate that we can encounter some huge challenges when implementing BAM projects.

Our strategy should seek to confront those potential problems in a way that honors and glorifies God in the process.

For example, as we confront what can be huge cultural differences, we can undertake our responsibilities as influencers in a way that exists in harmony with and within the culture we are entering.

You and your team can work to not just enter another culture and society, but to navigate within the local economy in a way that builds opportunities for people and their families.

Greatest of all the opportunities will be the relational way that you will be able to introduce people to our Savior in the process.  When we find that our focus is on His purposes, we should find that our attitude is to shape our business projects in a way that make them a part of His master plan to reach people.  This may sound overly simple, and that is because the point is subtle.  Let me break it down a little.

1. Instead of thinking about how to make God fit into your BAM plans, think about and pray about how your projects can be designed and implemented in a way that fits God's plan.
    
2. Instead of being driven by business purposes simply tailored by our professional life experiences, we should strive to see God's design and purpose for all life, including our own.
    
3. Rather than thinking about how to apply the Bible to our business, we should dwell on how to apply our business and life to the Bible and all that God has revealed to us in his holy Word.
    
4. These days, fortunately, many business practices carefully consider the impact of business on God's creation, the world and its environment where we live and work.  With BAM, we stretch still further beyond that, and consider how our business can impact the new heaven and new earth that we lean toward on the eternal timeline.

I hope you sense the power behind these points.  They suggest that we invert our thinking in our business strategy in order to see how we can fit into the marvelous eternal story that is God's.

Many thanks,

Larry