20/10/2025
Donât do it for the income. Do it for the outcome.
The outcome should be your enjoyment, your peace, and your alignment with purpose.
Of course, put a price on what you doâyour skill has value, and value deserves to be compensatedâbut donât attach your identity or survival to whether it âsucceeds.â
Weâve all heard the saying, âDo what you love and youâll never work a day in your life.â
But hereâs the truth: the people who can fully live that way often have another steady source of income or support that gives them that freedom.
I recently read a blog from my virtual life coach (who Iâm convinced weâd be ambiverted friends in real life ) where she said something that stuck with me:
âI donât believe our true passions were ever meant to carry that weight (of necessities for survival - bills).â
And I agree. Once passion gained dependentsâelectricity, water, employees, survivalâit lost the passion part.
Trying to make your passion carry the full weight of provision can lead to burnoutâand even cause you to walk away from the skill within that passion that God actually meant to sustain you.
Biblically, ministry has five parts: apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers (Ephesians 4:11).
When you begin to search for your Kingdom Purpose, youâll find that your calling falls under one of theseâby design. And it wonât look like anyone elseâs, because your gifts are unique. They exist to build up the body of Christ and help the Church (the people, not the building) grow to spiritual maturity.
So hereâs the balance:
If God gave you a skill to pay the bills, then put a price on it.
But donât let that price become a prison.
Your gifts were never meant to be in bo***ge to incomeâthey were meant to serve a Kingdom outcome.