Adjust or Do It Differently?

I love "wow" moments. Those times when something becomes so clear that you are almost embarrassed for not having seen it before. It's almost as amazing as those patterns you stare at that turn into detailed 3-D images.

Yesterday I had one of those moments in Mac Lake's office. Clay NeSmith, Joel Wilson and I went down to see Mac for some wisdom on better development of our Community Groups. We went away with a whole new way of looking at small group and leadership development. It was one of the most exciting paradigm shifts that I have made in a long time. Mac had gone back to the Ephesians 4:11 & 12. (The Bible is a good place to go when things don't seem to be working.)

In it he found the key to a process of perpetual leadership training that blows my mind in its simplicity and effectiveness.

Leaders are not people who improve upon things that are not working correctly while accepting less than desired outcomes. Leaders are people who expect the desired outcome and are willing to totally break away from the traditional way of addressing the problem in order to achieve it. They search the Scriptures until they yield up their wisdom and instruction.

We are just finishing up our "Wish" series. The big idea is: "People have wishes. God's Word has answers." Question: Do you wish things were different in your life or ministry? Search the Scriptures until they yield up what you are looking for.

I am so . . . . . looking forward to 2008! Have a blessed and joyous Christmas season.