Have you ever heard that said about someone? "That person has great potential"? I have been thinking alot lately. Maybe because one of my jobs as a pastor is to always be evaluating the ministry. (A.B.E.)
So I started to think about this whole potential thing. One of the people that I respect greatly is Ed Young of Fellowship Church in Texas. Why?, Because Ed is a straight shooter and he doesn't apologize for standing on what the bible teaches.
Ed has a huge church that is doing some, as he would say "Off The Chain" kind of things. I've heard it said that potential and a dime won't even buy you a cup of coffee. Boy is that true! But I heard Ed say, "that a person who has great potential usually is a person that isn't doing anything".
One of the things that you willl hear me saying all the time is that we at LifeBridge need to always be striving to do "GREAT things for God". We should never settle for second best with what God has intrusted to us.
Because I believe with all my heart that the local Church is the greatest institution on the planet. We have the hope of the world. So YES, it should be GREAT!
So as I am always evaluating, one of the things I want to challange people to do is to stop spectating, or better yet, just having "great potential" and get into the game. as a Christ follower, God has called us to be GREAT for Jesus.
And I wonder if it is our "potential" that is holding us back!!!
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May, 2008
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