Priorities

 

Priorities

My efforts to encourage you to prioritize missions, ministries, and other important activities of the church were ineffective. I am not accustomed to this lack of efficacy on my part. I can see that I had better learn to tap dance before I stand before the Lord.

Not! I can’t even get the motions to the kids’ songs right. I will confess my ineffectiveness, and God’s grace will be enough for me.

But for you, I urge you once again to discuss what’s important going forward.  Without some stated priorities, assumptions are made that others think just as you do, often resulting in:

·         No agreement on purpose

·         Assumptions not validated

·         Mission gives way to busywork

·         No financial compass

·         Emotion rules

·         No filter for budgeting and spending

This takes effort, and nobody signs up for this sort of stuff. It is a duty and a discipline that mainly reveals dividends somewhere in the future. In the RCA model, the root cause is the lack of immediate reward or punishment for not doing this.

Do not be stifled by my lack of efficacy here. You can do this, and I hope you do.

Priorities can be evaluated and changed. Our education, experience, and God speaking to our hearts can say, “Let’s take another look.”

Priorities aligned with purpose are good things, but they don’t just show up without deliberate effort.

Please consider this a part of your leadership calling.