When Quitting Is An Option (Part 3)

When Quitting Is An Option (Part 3)

2 Corinthians 6:1 "We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain."

There is a big difference between using someone and abusing someone.  The latter is always uncalled for, but the former allows you to work smarter instead of harder.  By using other people as resources you get to sample multiple minds filled with different experiences, ideas, and points of view.  Once you compile and properly analyze all the data you’ve gathered from the other people you will have a great pool of knowledge from which preliminary judgments and decisions can be derived.  Add this pool of knowledge to your own personal intellectual capacity and you begin to experience the truth in the old saying, “two minds are better than one”.  As long as your intentions are good and the other people are aware of it, you should never have to worry about crossing the line from using to abusing.  Most people actually enjoy lending their expertise to a good cause. Take it from a victim of a stroke because I took on too much as a pastor. I saw my dad do it, so I figured I could. I forgot that my dad passed away at 57, and part of that was because he took on too much himself. The power of delegation is the second best Savior for any pastor anywhere.

1 Corinthians 1:27 "But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty..."

Some of the smartest pastors I know seem weird to the world.  Many of the most successful publicly known pastors seem kind of weird in their approach of the gospel to the world. What we don't like, we disagree with.  Yet, he funniest comedians always seem to be really weird (who could forget Andy Kauffman?).  My best friends are sometimes a little weird to me just as I am to them.  Don’t limit yourself by trying to fill someone else’s shoes or copying another's methods or approach. Be yourself as God intended you to be and experience life without unwarranted restriction.  You will be most productive in life when you are comfortable in your skin.  Be alive.  Be yourself.  Be free.