When "Why" Get's Lost in "What" & "How"

42 DAYS LEFT TIL LAUNCH!

You may have some sense of the excitement I feel when I type that (it is, after all, all caps), but I am equally sure that you probably do NOT feel the stress that I'm feeling!

When I say "stress," I really mean "SSSSSSTTTTTTRRRRRREEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS!!!"

Ya see, I am a VERY focused person... It is definitely one of my greatest personal strengths.

BUT...

Sometimes, it can become my greatest weakness.

You see, my ability to focus on a project means that I am very good at setting my sights on a goal, then creating the necessary steps to move me & my team toward successful accomplishment of the goal.

But what I learned this week is that I can get SO focused on the goal--the "What" I'm doing--and the necessary steps--the "How" to do it--that I forget what is actually the most-important thing... The "Why" I'm doing it.

The "Why" may not matter in a number of pursuits, but planting a church is not--I repeat, NOT--just any pursuit!

Planting a church is all about making Jesus real to people.

THAT is the "Why."

Don't misunderstand: the "What" & the "How" are super-important, but they are not NEARLY as important as the "Why!"

And--unfortunately for me--it's FAR TOO EASY for the "Why" to get lost in the "What" & the "How!"

When that happens, I MUST go back to the "Why" & get everything else back into its proper place.

And once I do, I find that the "What" & the "How" flow much more easily from the "Why."

Go back to the "Why," my friend... Go back to the "Why."

Ahhh, 2012... I remember it like it was yesterday.

Ummm... It was, Jeff.

Oh, yeah. My bad.

But what a year it was!

Like any year, there were ups & there were downs.

There were good times & there were not-so-good times.

And let's not kid ourselves, there were some bad times, too.

But one thing that really stands out from 2012 to me is the sense of turning the corner.

Kinda like when you're driving in really thick fog and--all of a sudden--the fog clears.

Yeah... That kind of thing.

And today, the first day of 2013, I just have this sense that E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G is about to break through the fog!

Whoa! I can't wait!!