Dead Spots
Let’s stay on the same train of thought from yesterday. Steven Furtick told a story at our staff meeting once that was really interesting. Every week he would walk in to one of their portable campuses (meeting in a high school) and walk to the front row and wait for his time to preach. Every week he would sit on the front row and think to himself how horrible the sound was. After a few weeks he had enough, and thought someone was about to lose their job. So he brings up the matter at a meeting, “The sound is always so horrible, what the heck are you guys thinking?” Furtick gets the reply, “The problem is you’re sitting in the very front, it’s too close and it’s what we call a dead zone for the sound. You have to back away to get a true feel for how great the sound is in that room.” Sure enough it was true…
Yesterday we thought of taking things for granted in our everyday life. Today, think of how that impacts those of you in ministry specifically.
God is doing something amazing, and you are part of a special and unique move of His Spirit. Don’t take that for granted. It’s so easy to be envious of what we see in another ministry or at a different church. We get jealous over the resources they have or the money they spend on this and that. We complain that so many people show up to their services or experiences or coffee houses or small groups or youth groups or children’s church or Bible studies or whatever you call it where you are. We are always so concerned with THEM.
You may just be too close to what’s going on right under your nose. You’re in the dead zone. Take a moment today to look at the incredible things God is doing right where you are. Reflect on those lives that have been and are being impacted for the kingdom of God. Take a moment to be grateful, because, if we’re honest, none of us deserve any of this.
“No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him” 1 Cor. 2:9 (NIV)
a fine article! great thoughts.