Are we entering a recession or a depression? What can we expect in the days ahead? Will we see massive layoffs, sky high interest rates, thousands more losing their homes and savings? Is there anything the body of Christ can do to prepare?

During trying times we need ideas that might help people order their lives and get through tuff economic times. As Christians we can draw on the wisdom of God and from each other (James 1:5). I believe that Christ put a unique and particular gift in everyone. That gift is what you love. It is your passion and your source of wealth creation. To help us in this essay it’s important to understand that the gift in you is your “means of production.” When I talk about the gift in you we are not referring to the Holy Spirit or the nine gifts of the Holy Spirit. We are talking about your particular gift from God. Paul wrote, “For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper (particular) gift of God, one after this manner and another after that” (1 Corinthians 7:7). He wasn’t saying he wished that all men were apostles. He was saying he wished that all men understood that God had gifted them with a particular gift just waiting to be activated and empowered.