The What & Who of Knowing

I had the most incredible experience a short while ago. A conversation by phone, that wasn't expected, that could not have been planned by anyone other than God; that in the end, lasted 101 minutes. The details are uncanny and it all began with a text to a guy who responded to me by phone. I'm still in amazement at the connection God made tonight.

That said, it wasn't but a few moments later, that I realized a large part of being effective and efficient is knowing what you know and knowing who you know. For the cracks and the crevices, it's equally important to know what you don't know as well as knowing you don't know, but should.

Confused?

Know what you know. Know what you don't.
Know who you know. Know who you don't.

Seek wisdom for the time and place for the right information and the right people to be available and ready to step to the plate when needed so that momentum and progress is not lost.

The business world follows this method. The world of information. Coaches. Positions of leadership, whose staff consists of advisers and counselors. Nowhere is it more critical that momentum and progress not be lost, than in ministry. It's God who places and ordains and moves on the hearts and souls of humanity, but the Israelites suffered for 40 years because they lost focus of what and who they knew. Instead they focused on what they didn't have, frustrated that they weren't were they wanted to be, because they didn't do what they were supposed to do in the first place.

You can't possibly know everything. You can however, know exponentially more than you do...

By knowing your strengths.
By being competent and confident in them, while remaining unwavering in your trust and reliance on God.
By knowing your weaknesses
By being humble enough to ask for help, seeking advice and wise counsel, and seeking the face of God.

On this #effectiveSunday, pray for pastors to hold fast to their trust and reliance on God Almighty. While remaining confident, may they continually work on their craft, the art of pastoring. May they not be too proud or arrogant to seek advice from deacons, and staff, other pastors and mentors in ministry. Pray God's guidance in helping them fill the cracks and crevices of ministry with the appropriate information and necessary personnel to continue the momentum of fulfilling their calling. May God move in unexpected to open the doors for the miraculous to be accomplished in the lives of His people.

To impact the community. To change the culture. For the glory of God and the cause of His Son, Jesus Christ.
We acknowledge and commit our plans to you, Lord God Almighty. Direct our paths and light our way.

- PNC

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