It’s Not About You

I am posting to everyone Mark Waltz Best Practice #26. As I read this again today it was an encouragement as to what we do , Not only on Sunday, but each day.

Guest Services Best Practice #26: It’s Not About You
Accept it. It's not about you. Not completely.
Around Granger there probably was a time when it was all about you. The cafe
was about you. The shuttles were about you. The kids' launch zone slides were
about you. The smoke and lights and music was about you.
But, after you've been around awhile, after you've agreed to join the mission we
share - it's not about you.
it's about others. Others who aren't here yet or who are new to our church.
After being around a bit, you become a "regular", even a member. It's easy to let a
sense of entitlement settle in. You can start to wonder "what's in it for me?" You
can wish the music was more your style; think the cafe should carry your brand of
coffee.
But joining the mission of the church isn't about entitlement or comfort. It's about
shared responsibility. It's about sacrifice. It's about others.
Others who'll take our parking spot, our favorite seat, and the attention of the
guest services teams.
Yep. That's right.
You in? It's not about you.
It's about Jesus and the others he died for, too.

I hope this encouraged you too!

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wondering what to do in the New Year. I want you to consider the last thing God asked you to do. Were you faithful to complete it? "Oh but this is a new year, all is wiped clean." Sure... consider the words of Paul. Here he is addressing the Philippians as he is imprisoned. Many thought this would stop him from sharing the message but it didn't.

Philippians 1:18-21 So how am I to respond? I've decided that I really don't care about their motives, whether mixed, bad, or indifferent. Every time one of them opens his mouth, Christ is proclaimed, so I just cheer them on! And I'm going to keep that celebration going because I know how it's going to turn out. Through your faithful prayers and the generous response of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, everything he wants to do in and through me will be done. I can hardly wait to continue on my course. I don't expect to be embarrassed in the least. On the contrary, everything happening to me in this jail only serves to make Christ more accurately known, regardless of whether I live or die. They didn't shut me up; they gave me a pulpit! Alive, I'm Christ's messenger; dead, I'm his bounty. Life versus even more life! I can't lose.
22-26As long as I'm alive in this body, there is good work for me to do.

"Paul was determined that nothing would stop him from doing exactly what God wanted.
But before we choose to follow God’s will, a crisis must develop in our lives. This happens because we tend to be unresponsive to God’s gentler nudges. He brings us to the place where He asks us to be our utmost for Him and we begin to debate. He then providentially produces a crisis where we have to decide— for or against. That moment becomes a great crossroads in our lives. If a crisis has come to you on any front, surrender your will to Jesus absolutely and irrevocably." Oswald Chambers

If God has called you to do something and you have not completed it, he isn't gonna give you something new just because of the calendar change. Pick yourself up and put your foot forward into 2010 and follow through!