cogitatio

Failure??

Something which has been a concern throughout my life is the fear of failure. Our society has created a view of success which requires me to work myself to death 70 hours a week, just so that I can pay off the debts I have incurred trying to appear successful living above my means. Maybe they're wrong...
I see a pattern taken from this world mentality in how we view success and failure in the church we see success in seats filled, in bills paid, in multiplying leadership. Maybe this a wrong, I dont want to imply that success can't be found in these types of measures just that maybe it's too easy that way. If we look at how many empty seats we have in the crowd we miss the people sitting in them. If we look at the bank account and the bills we forget that they represent the faith and vision and hope of those who gave it. If we look at burgeoning leaders we forget about those that either serve quietly that are just looking to follow, or those who only come now and again, the people that really need to hear whats going on. Instead of measuring success we should try to look at what we start missing if we do.

posted by Steve @ 7:57 AM