WHO KNEW JESUS WAS A PROJECT SPECIALIST?
This morning in a meeting, I had a life changing EPIPHANY.
I presented information regarding a business I am doing
project work for.
When you work with struggling businesses and present
information on growth and risk, sometimes the business owners (and ESPECIALLY
creative people) will follow your instructions easily and sometimes they resist.
Often times, they are simply in denial of the severity of their current state.
The forecast looks bleak and even though I present a
solution of recovery, the changes are often not made without a battle.
Even though I am hired,
by THEM, to instruct and direct them into what will eventually be a beneficial
move. Sometimes, it is just hard for the
business owners to “let go” of their own destructive patterns; even though it
has proven to not be successful. In moments of honesty, some have admitted they
are just “scared”.
I couldn’t help but analyze this. In my personal
reflections, I am thinking; WHY WOULD THEY NOT JUST DO WHAT IS OBVIOUS IN THESE
REPORTS WHEN IT WILL SAVE THEIR STRUGGLING COMPANY? GET OVER IT! IT IS SO
SIMPLE!!!!
Then, I realized how many times the Lord has said that to
me.
How he has given me so many instructions that I refuse to
follow. I rebel until I am sitting at the conference table in my heart with
him. Then, he hands me the bible and shows me the report. I resist his PERFECT
PLAN and resort back to my own detrimental habits until they fail again. Soon,
I am back in a meeting with him- seeking his direction.
It is hard to change. It is hard to take the first step in a
DIFFERENT direction. It is even HARDER to trust that someone has a better plan
than yours. TRUSTING is especially challenging when the end result will GREATLY
AFFECT you- one way or the other.
How does Jesus do it? He is a better Consultant than me! He
is able to just sit back and wait patiently on me; instead of threatening to
leave my project. Pretty cool stuff.
J Missy
