Turning Your Hobby Into a Calling Inspired by insights from Evan Carmichael Why Wisdom Extracts You are flooded with content every day. Podcasts. Clips. Articles. Opinions. But information is not wisdom. Wisdom requires filtration and application. Wisdom Extracts exists to take strong marketplace insight and run it through Scripture and the 12X Operating System so that what you consume actually forms you. I strongly encourage you to listen to the podcast episode that inspired this article. Hearing conviction and reading structure together strengthens retention. They complement each other. Now let’s deal with this. When “Just a Hobby” Is Actually Stewardship Most professionals do not lack ability. They lack alignment. They treat what energizes them as a side interest and what drains them as destiny. Scripture does not treat ability casually. “Unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required” Luke 12:48. If you possess recurring skill, desire, and competence in a particular area, you may not be entertaining yourself. You may be stewarding something entrusted. The problem is mislabeling. “As he thinketh in his heart, so is he” Proverbs 23:7. If you call it small, you will treat it small. Paul warned, “Neglect not the gift that is in thee” 1 Timothy 4:14. Most professionals do not reject their gifts. They postpone them. Inside the 12X Movement this is Self-Mastery. Identity precedes income. Stop Waiting for Perfect Professionals are trained to calculate risk. That is good. But over-calculation becomes paralysis. “He that observeth the wind shall not sow” Ecclesiastes 11:4. If you wait for ideal conditions, you will never plant. “Faith without works is dead” James 2:26. Execution produces clarity. Version one teaches what theory never will. In 12X language this is Strength. Disciplined action. You do not need certainty to begin. You need conviction. Do Not Build Alone “In the multitude of counsellors there is safety” Proverbs 11:14.

As I did my best to navigate my words yesterday giving my employer my resignation, I was humbled later in the day to find out one of my supervisors had a heart episode last week while on vacation with his wife and two young daughters. Interesting as I was somewhat anxious as to what his reaction would be and then my heart turned to his mortality. I texted him to see how he was doing and let him know if his family needs anything the we are here to help. We live only about 15 min apart. I did give him a book last month that helped me with my daughter called “She calls me Daddy” not sure if he read it but know he has had some challenges and thought it would help him. Now my focus has turned to the fact that God has now given me this opportunity to show him Jesus and share what it means to follow God and be saved for eternity. Asking for prayers for Joe today.

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The reading for today and wisdom from John Flavel that knowing God keeps me humble and knowing myself truly means I cannot be proud. With this season of changes in my life today, I think this helps me to take a minute before I speak or react to what is happening around me. Asking God in a decision or situation what am I feeling right now and is it fear of man or reverant fear of you Lord? The wisdom here in this devotional I hope to help be decide better what direction I go each day. I definitely feel more prepared after reading

I’ve never taken the time to read and understand this in proverbs. I was one of the Meb who did not realize how I was giving away my strength but subconsciously knew that the patterns I was walking through in life were keeping me from success in business and deeper relationships with wife and daughter. When Sean came for a men’s retreat and basically taught me that I was an ox being led to slaughter, my heart began to change and search for more understanding