Success is the Enemy of…(fill in the blank)
We’re not gonna lie, we hope to be incredibly successful as a church. We want the work that we do with God to have the highest SROI (Spiritual Return On Investment) possible.
That being said, we know that Success defined the wrong way and measured by the wrong standards can be one of the worst things for a Church, Organization, and Individual. Here’s a few examples of what we mean.
- Success can be the Enemy of DEPENDENCE
- It doesn’t take long for us to look at all that God has done and begin to say, “Look at all that WE have done.” Our Successful Systems subtly become what we put our faith in. And the more that people think we know what we’re doing, the more we think we do as well.
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- Success can be the Enemy of CLARITY
- The more you successfully accomplish, the more you begin to believe you can and should do…more. Before long you’ve added so much to your vision that you’re not even sure what it is you’re supposed to do other than spinning the impossible number of plates that occupy your thoughts and efforts
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- Success can be the Enemy of INNOVATION
- There is a living graveyard of Companies and Churches that made their mark 10, 20, 30 years ago doing something truly innovative for a time. For whatever reason, they made “that thing” – “their thing” and continued to do what once worked well until it no longer worked at all.
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- Success can be the Enemy of HUMILITY
- File this one under No Brainer. It is one of the most tragically inevitable outcomes of success. Too cliche to go into great detail. As soon as you believe you are as important as your success has led you to think you are, success has become your enemy.
Fill In The Blank :: Success can be the Enemey of… (and WHY?)
