Too few workers or too many jobs?
This question was posed to me: What do you say when people say they are working too hard or there are not enough workers in the church to do all the jobs?
The correct answer is probably, “Your right.”
The problem is for most people is that they do not want to do what is needed to change these problems.
There are two possible problems when people say this.
The first is the people in the church are trying to do too much ministry. God did not call us to do everything, he called us to use the gifts and callings he has supplied us with. There are some churches so committed to doing certain ministries they place people in them who have no business in them. A huge ministry most churches are committed too no matter what is youth ministry. Is this ministry important? Yes, but I would argue that more will be accomplished by teens and children seeing adults growing in Church than by having their own programs running by people who are not qualified.
Yes, though some churches trying to do too much, I believe the greater problem is people in the church are too busy.
People's lives are filled with jobs, hobbies, clubs, sporting events, children’s events, and entertainment(look at the TV watching averages). Their issue is they do not want to give anything up.
The truth is you can not do them all. What will happen is you will do good in a couple of these areas(maybe) but the rest will be lackluster or even failures. (Okay, maybe you can't really accomplishing anything great when you watch TV, but rest is important too, in moderation)
I have been just as guilty as others in this.
The choice we have to make is to let some things go. Some things are nothing more than a waste of time however others in our lives are good things but they keep us from excelling in what we really wanted to do. Choose what is important let the others go,
And if church work isn't important, then get your life right with God.
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