Is your work remarkable or predictable? I don’t mean your role or position at your church. I
mean is the job you are doing, or the team you are leading…is it performing at
a level that is remarkable, outstanding and extraordinary, or is it
predictable, bland and stale?
I don’t journal everyday, but I tend to in times of
stress. Looking back in my journal
I was reminded of a season when I felt like my work, and our team’s work had
become predictable. It’s been over
a year since I worked through this, but I felt like, as a team, we were too
steady, too routine and I was not sensing the same high level of group
creativity we had been experiencing.
My journal features a doodle of a chrome counter bell. The kind a waitress rings to notify the
short-order cook of a new ticket.
“Order up!” is written next to the bell. I wondered, “what was wrong with our team?” Under the sketch is this statement and
question I asked God:
We have moved from remarkable to predictable. How do we return to remarkable?
As I prayed through this question, I wrote this, “God wants
me to LEAD, not just orchestrate, manage or coordinate.”
The remarkability issue was not about the team…it was about
my leadership. God gently pointed the way back to
remarkable.
Are you feeling predictable? I don’t know what God may say to you…but seek His direction
and find your way back to remarkable.
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