Have you ever had one of those days? You know what I mean. On your way to the church, your spouse calls to say that the dishwasher quit working. You get to the office and your secretary smiles and says Mrs. Brown is waiting in the foyer to meet with you. Twenty minutes into the conversation, you understand that she came to represent Mrs. Jones who is upset because no one has been by to see her in her sickly condition. You assure Mrs. Brown that someone will stop in soon to see Mrs. Jones.
Yesterday you had a passing introduction to a new family in the church. You think they were the Winzeks or the Winersheeks, or something like that and someone should follow up on them to help them get oriented. As you ponder that, the phone rings. It is a telemarketing organization selling rugs. You say thanks, but no thanks. Then you have to say thanks, but no thanks again.
Later that day, a long-time member, Ted, drops in to talk. He was just driving by and had some time to kill, so he thought he would drop in and see how you are doing. You are doing fine, but your “to do” list is not getting done. You chat, and you can see Ted’s mouth moving, but you are distracted and a little annoyed. You are thinking about Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Jones, the Winzeks (or Winersheeks?) and the benefits of a new state law against telemarketers, especially rug telemarketers!
You are now on your drive home and then to your daughter’s dance lessons. In the quiet of the ride, you remember that this was the day you were going to put some legs on that fresh vision for the church.
Time…. We all get the same amount.
In Exodus 18, Moses had as much as you and I, and he led a church of over a million people. He had to create a new organization design to do it. As a leader of 1000’s, he also had to stop taking care of the Winersheeks, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Jones, the tent rugs, and Ted. What Jethro knew and what Moses didn’t is that he needed a new mindset about time, not more of it. His new organization design allowed him to walk into a new ministry reality, to focus, and to get the most out of the same amount of time he always had.
Can you imagine Moses’ drive home three months after he implemented this change?
Yesterday you had a passing introduction to a new family in the church. You think they were the Winzeks or the Winersheeks, or something like that and someone should follow up on them to help them get oriented. As you ponder that, the phone rings. It is a telemarketing organization selling rugs. You say thanks, but no thanks. Then you have to say thanks, but no thanks again.
Later that day, a long-time member, Ted, drops in to talk. He was just driving by and had some time to kill, so he thought he would drop in and see how you are doing. You are doing fine, but your “to do” list is not getting done. You chat, and you can see Ted’s mouth moving, but you are distracted and a little annoyed. You are thinking about Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Jones, the Winzeks (or Winersheeks?) and the benefits of a new state law against telemarketers, especially rug telemarketers!
You are now on your drive home and then to your daughter’s dance lessons. In the quiet of the ride, you remember that this was the day you were going to put some legs on that fresh vision for the church.
Time…. We all get the same amount.
In Exodus 18, Moses had as much as you and I, and he led a church of over a million people. He had to create a new organization design to do it. As a leader of 1000’s, he also had to stop taking care of the Winersheeks, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Jones, the tent rugs, and Ted. What Jethro knew and what Moses didn’t is that he needed a new mindset about time, not more of it. His new organization design allowed him to walk into a new ministry reality, to focus, and to get the most out of the same amount of time he always had.
Can you imagine Moses’ drive home three months after he implemented this change?
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