The Heroes of the Bible (mostly) had Regular Jobs

Most of the heroes in the Bible had what we would think of as secular vocations. Isaac developed real estate, Jacob was a rancher, and Joseph was a government official (in charge of agriculture, the economy, and immigration policy) who served a pharaoh in a foreign land that did not honor Israel’s God. Joseph did not decide he could serve God best by leaving his well-paying government job and starting a non-profit, faith-based organization to do charity work.

Moses spent forty years as a sheepherder, Esther won a beauty pageant and went into government service, and David worked in…