Daniel 8:27 NKJV
And I, Daniel, fainted and was sick for days; afterward I arose and went about the king’s business. I was astonished by the vision, but no one understood it.
In the above scripture, Daniel just recovered from a sickness that came upon him due to how frightened he was after his night vision. The vision was beyond his understanding, and it was somehow scary. However, as soon as he recovered from the sickness, he resumed the king’s business, not considering the fact that he needed more rest.
God is our king, and he has given us life in order to accomplish a purpose. It is very sad, however, that many have abandoned the king’s business for their personal businesses.
The king’s business (God’s business) is anything that God has endowed you with in order to advance kingdom service. Singing praises to God, the composition of spiritual songs, the writing of Christian tracts, the writing of books, intercession, preaching God’s word, evangelism, etc. are some of the king’s businesses. We have abandoned what is crucial to God while we are encumbered with what can only serve our flesh: what can provide us with money, food, and so on. We have forgotten that Jesus did not ask us not to do our own business; he only asked us to seek the kingdom of God first. It means that in whatever we are doing, we must be doing it as if unto God, and it must not in any way be our excuse for not studying our Bible or keeping good fellowship with God.
When you go about your business or go to your offices every day and you find it difficult to study God’s word, to compose that song, to write those tracts, to reach out to sinners through your blogs or podcasts, to stand in the gap for the lost in the place of prayer, etc., you should know that you have abandoned the king’s business.
There is no one who works for the king who does not reap a good reward, especially when the king is your father. There are so many worldly songs that we have changed their lyrics and brought into the church, not because spiritual songs are no longer available to ‘download from heaven, but because the set of people that are qualified (the children of God) to download these songs are too busy with personal business or, in many cases, are being attracted by the same thing the unbeliever is seeking daily.
Let us return to Jesus, cast our cares upon him, believe he is able to supply all our needs according to his riches in glory, serve him fervently, and make use of the talents and gitfs (the business) he has given to us. When we do all these things, we will discover that all the things we have been stressing ourselves to possess will come to us without stress.
Romans 12:11 KJV
Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord