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efforts will be magnified, and you will achieve results better than
those you could ever achieve solely through your own initiative.

Another principle found in both the Bible and the Tao Te
Ching is learning to live in the moment without undue concern
about what the future might bring. This goes against our nature in
this day and age. We always seem to be planning, striving, and
trying to attain possessions, security, and peace of mind. Learning
to be content in the present moment with whatever we may or may
not have seems … unproductive. And yet, as both of these wise
books affirm, staying grounded in the moment isn’t necessarily
mere passivity; instead, if done mindfully, it can be an abiding trust
that God is working for our good and will give us all we need (as a
student of the Bible might put it), or that we are living in harmony
with the Tao and we do not need what we currently do not have (as
a student of the Tao Te Ching might put it).

This Christian Edition of the Tao Te Ching, BFG (Built For
God) Handbook is like a road map helping us realize we are built
for greatness. On this path, “greatness” isn’t about putting forth
maximum effort to achieve fame, financial success, or other such
trappings the world commonly venerates. Rather, as mentioned
above, it is about finding, orienting yourself toward, and then
following the flow of energy and God’s Spirit in your life, trusting it
both to guide your actions and to amplify your efforts to achieve
your best possible life. This might include wealth and other material
blessings; or it might not. Everyone’s path is different. The key is to
find your journey and follow it, trusting it to take you where it will. If
you take care of the journey, the destination will take care of itself.