Saturday, November 6, 2010

bicycles.

bicycles are incredibly stupid.

I say this because if you just look at a bike+gravity it just seems like an idiot created the device to punish small children with road rash and broken limbs.

you start off with a trike or even a bicycle with training wheel (this makes it a quad-cycle)
both these things rely purely on momentum to operate...you sit...you pedal...you go.

but for some reason we take off the training wheels, we make our trikes into bikes and explore the world of balance.

In the past 2 1/2 months I've been learning, experimenting, failing, and succeeding with balance...ie. being part of a ministry with out training wheels.

ministry with training wheels are safe.
bicycle ministries are exciting...and well...fast paced.

But a ministry with out training wheels can become a tedious task dealing with all the multiple balances that it require to continue to move forward.

the big balance that i see over and over that is a hit or miss with ministries is the balance of excellence vs reproduction.

‎"Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward" Colossians 3:23-24



that my friends is a dangerous call to excellence.
work as for working for the lord.
and it's mortal call toward excellence.
we know we will receive an inheritance from the Lord. (die and go to heaven)

so we are called to work for the only perfect anything ever...with all our heart...to please him...and we get an eternal reward after we die and are with Him.

if we strive for this in all areas of our lives...even outside of ministry things will change.

now granted this is an africa proverb...but i think it rings a lot of truth...
"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together."

to go further with the gospel of christ, to administer the grace of God to the ends of the earth...it can't just be a one man show of awesomeness.
we need to train, mentor, and apprentice others to go further with the common goal/command/commission

but this can bleed into so many other areas of your lives
work as to please God, and partner with others to take it further:
parenting, sales, building a house, preparing thanksgiving dinner...

a one man show will get burned out...but then 20 people trying to cook one turkey can prove ineffective
excellence is important...reproduction is important...balance is important.

so i encourage anyone who's reading this...look at the balance in your life when it comes to what your achieving...could you be going a lot faster but cutting some dead weight? or could you be going a lot further by raising people and bringing alongside other people to accomplish the same goal?

and then....begin balancing it.

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