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Did you hear this in the news October 5th, 2021 at Kelloggs in Battlecreek, MI (rice krispies and frosted flakes).
1400 workers were on strike for 11 weeks.
This brings whole new meaning to Cereal Killer.
haha
wow
We have worked our way through a series of Hope for Deep Wounds.
I really wanted to put it on the back shelf and I new that I wanted to share some vision for us as a church for the future.
As the Lord only does, He brought these two together in the reading of a book called Leadership Pain, The Classroom for Growth
The book says this.
Peter Druker a leadership gue rue says the three toughest jobs in his study of Leadership in no particular order are, President of the United States, President of a college or university, and a Pastor.
He goes on to say that 80% of pastors will quit before their 5th year in the ministry.
He says that for every 20 pastors who start their career in the ministry only 1 will retire from it.
I share these stats simply to say that my wife and I have dealt with our fair share of deep wounds over the years.
We have faced betrayal, sacrifice, brokenness, struggle financially, loneliness, and difficulties.
We have seen highs and lows.
We have experienced victories and defeats.
Someone once asked Amy why we have not quit and her response was, “We have never wanted to quit on the same day”.
On this note, let me clarify a few things...
I do believe people who have been through something close to your deep wound can help you, but I strongly disagree that only those people can help you.
(example: you have to be an alcoholic to minister to one or I only listen to recovered drug addicts because they know my struggle)
I think it is extremely prideful to believe that only those who have been through what you are going through can help you.
In many cases, it is better to find someone who has not had your struggle and learn from them because your goal is to not repeat your struggle.
The same is true for you as a believer.
Never limit yourself to only ministering to people who have been through what you have been through.
If you have never struggled with alcohol or drug addiction, then find someone who has and be friend them.
Learn from them and their struggles and you might be able to help them as they help you.
Pain with Purpose
I recall two particular moments of pain in my wrestling career.
It was December 31, 1999.
I had the worst pain of my life.
I was a junior and what happens in the winter?
Wrestling.
I had some horrible pain.
I was sniffing the vaporizer and it was not getting better.
I went to the hospital on December 31st, 1999.
What was December 31st, 1999?
Y2K.
Y2K had to do with computers only knowing the the last two years in the four digit year.
so 98 or 99 and when the computer hit 00 they feared the computers would shut down because the computer would not know if it was 1900 or 2000.
I had appendix surgery that day.
So that night all the executives of the hospital were walking through making sure it would all work out.
I fell asleep about 9:00.
Exactly two weeks later I was back on the wrestling mat.
When I weighed in, they ref asked to see my surgery scar.
He said can you wrestle like that?
That day I had my staples removed and was cleared to wrestle.
The ref said will your insides come out of that.
I gave him my doctors note and I wrestled.
It was a rough match.
I endured the pain for the sake winning a state Championship.
I qualified for state that year but did not win state.
My pain for the night had purpose.
It led me to the greater goal.
My other memory was a tournament.
I did not make the bus because I was too sick to ride with the team and they were going up the night before.
I had a flu bug and I did not have any trouble making weight.
I lost a lot of weight.
My parents drove me to the tournament the next day.
I remember wrestling so weak but I ended up taking 2nd place that day.
I was miserable and I had to think about every move that I would make.
My brain had to make up for my physical weakness.
It was one of my best tournaments that year.
My pain had purpose.
I was wanting to win a state championship.
I endured the pain because I had a vision that was bigger than my pain.
At the timberline where the storms strike with the most fury, the sturdiest trees are found.
Hudson Taylor
Shape the pain (We have a choice)
A part of our family history as Believers, goes back to these Israelites.
Over 400 years the Israelites had been slaves in Egypt.
The Lord calls Moses to lead the Israelites out of slavery.
See the promise of God.
I have observed the misery of my people in Egypt, and have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I know about their sufferings
I have come to rescue them
Bring them to a good and spacious land
a land flowing with milk and honey.
The things about me enduring the pain in wrestling was that I did not know if I would win a state championship or not.
I endured the pain in hopes of winning.
I didn’t win.
I took 3rd.
As believers we have something I did not have as a wrestler: certainty about the future.
The overall theme of scripture is creation, fall, redemption and restoration.
God’s promise is to bring everything into perfect alignment; no tears, no regrets, no sin, no shame only love, joy, and purpose in the new heaven and new earth.
The promise to the Israelites is much like the promise for us today.
God made the promise so everything got easier and better right?
No
Moses and Aaron approach Pharaoh in obedience to the Lord.
Leadership Pain
To persevere, we need a vision for the future that‘s bigger than our pain
The process may not be easy, God may be pruning us, sifting us or shaping us.
It is essential that in the depths of our hearts that enduring our pain will someday be worth it.
One of the first steps in creating a vision that is bigger than our pain is
Recognize we can’t stay where we are
The Israelites have been in slavery for over 400 years and God wants to deliver them from their pain.
God’s heart for his people is still the same.
God not only wants to deliver them from their pain, but he also wants to deliver you from your pain.
For me personally and as an organization, Amy and I came to grips with that we could not stay where we were.
I was overwhelmed, tired, and stressed out.
I was not productive.
I was not enjoying my job and this was overflowing in to every other area of my life.
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