Who's the owner?

Dear friends,

These last few weeks I have be wrestling with God's views on leadership, specifically how it relates to an employer or foreman. It's so easy for me to get extremely task oriented when the job deadlines are staring me in the face. How do I get past the pressures of the job and see it as God sees it?
Saturday night we watched the movie 'Flywheel'. It's a faith-based movie about a used-car salesman and owner who gets to the end of his rope and decides to give his life and business completely to God. Sales do not pick up and the bank is about to close the business down... yet he stands firm trusting God because this is not his business anymore... it is God's... and He can do whatever He pleases with the business.
I've always seen Pinnacle Landscape & Design as a gift from God and Ryan and I are committed to bring Him glory through the business and through the profit the business generates... We would even say that it is His business. But if we really believed that, why do we get so worried about missing a deadline when the circumstances are out of our control? Why are we anxious when threatened to loose a particular job or bid? It's not 'our' job to loose... it is His job, His business.
This morning in church, Pastor Al ( FBC Waynesboro) preached on Ephesians 6:5-9. One of the statements he made was that the purpose of an employer is to serve their employees, to look out for their needs, to treat them like family. You see, the first 4 verses address the slaves; that they need to obey their masters with respect, fear and sincerity of heart, and serve wholeheartedly as if working for the Lord and not for men. Then verse 9 says: "And masters, treat your slaves in the same way." (NIV) The Amplified version says: "You masters, act on the same principal toward them." The respect, sincerity of heart and wholehearted service needs to go both ways! The Pastor made it clear that employers need to communicate with their employees, telling them that they care deeply about their lives, especially their eternal destiny.
I can see the puzzle pieces coming together now. God could care less if deadlines are met and if a job is profitable. What he really he cares about is the souls of people. He may choose to bless a business so that it provides for both employer and employee... but how much more would He bless a business if it were used as a vessel to draw people into His Kingdom rather than a vessel used only to provide for the physical needs of people? Yes, employers need to be good stewards of the business entrusted into their care... but it's so easy to forget that it is His business and that His heart is for the souls of men...
If I am to understand the purpose of a leader (employer), I have to understand the purpose of the business... and if I am to grasp the purpose of the business, I have to know the heart of the 'Owner'...

Thanks for letting me share,
Jonathan