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Okay, this is good stuff. I'm going to take some things that I have learned from the book 'The E Myth Revisited' and tie it into why we as Christians aren't going anywhere for God.
"I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me."
That's what the Bible says. God said it.
So where are all the great victories? Where are all the accomplishments for Christ?
There are 3 types of people in the world. 10% are Entrepreneurs. 20% are Managers. And 70% of us are Technicians.
The Entrepreneurs are the dreamers. They are the ones running toward the horizon, charging Hell with a squirt gun. They live in the Future. They are optimists. They always see the happy ending. They never consider failure. The world is full of possibilities, full of victories to be won!
But only 10% of us are Entrepreneurs.
20% are Managers. The Manager lives in the Past. He is all about organizing chaos. He looks at the financial history...and makes a chart, or a graph. He looks at the employee's behavior...and makes a method to fix poor performance, or rewards good performance. He likes order. He is not so much concerned with the result as long as we get there in a nice, predictable, orderly fashion.
And the rest of us, a whopping 70%, are Technicians.
What's a Technician? Anybody who is a Doer. Are you a painter? A seller? A plumber, a roofer, a dentist, a baker, a graphic artist, an author? You are a Technician. These folks are the ones who accomplish the work that the Manager manages. They are the backbone of society. They are sweat and blood and elbow grease. They live in the Present. They are here and now people. They don't have time for future dreams, they have to focus on paying today's bills. They don't have time for strategies, and planning, and horizons...they need to focus on the task at hand.
Most of us are Technicians.
When we read "I can do all things through Christ" we don't see the verse through the eyes of a pioneering Entrepreneur like Paul the Apostle. He saw Christ in him as the source of strength by which he could climb any mountain, reach farther than he had ever reached before, build a kingdom where none had ever existed, etc.
No. We are Technicians. We live in the Present. We see "I can do all things through Christ" as a Technician does. We read it as:
"I can survive all the things that God throws at me today through Christ"
We have a life-preserver where Paul had rocket fuel.
We have a safety net where Paul had a steam engine.
When was the last time that you looked at the future? When was the last time that you set down your tools and picked up your imagination, and dreamed a BIG dream for God?
There is a pioneer inside of you. There is an Entrepreneur that lies inside each of us.
Go ahead! Dream the dream!
Launch out! Take the step! Get a vision for God!
"I can." Just think about it.
"I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me."
That's what the Bible says. God said it.
So where are all the great victories? Where are all the accomplishments for Christ?
There are 3 types of people in the world. 10% are Entrepreneurs. 20% are Managers. And 70% of us are Technicians.
The Entrepreneurs are the dreamers. They are the ones running toward the horizon, charging Hell with a squirt gun. They live in the Future. They are optimists. They always see the happy ending. They never consider failure. The world is full of possibilities, full of victories to be won!
But only 10% of us are Entrepreneurs.
20% are Managers. The Manager lives in the Past. He is all about organizing chaos. He looks at the financial history...and makes a chart, or a graph. He looks at the employee's behavior...and makes a method to fix poor performance, or rewards good performance. He likes order. He is not so much concerned with the result as long as we get there in a nice, predictable, orderly fashion.
And the rest of us, a whopping 70%, are Technicians.
What's a Technician? Anybody who is a Doer. Are you a painter? A seller? A plumber, a roofer, a dentist, a baker, a graphic artist, an author? You are a Technician. These folks are the ones who accomplish the work that the Manager manages. They are the backbone of society. They are sweat and blood and elbow grease. They live in the Present. They are here and now people. They don't have time for future dreams, they have to focus on paying today's bills. They don't have time for strategies, and planning, and horizons...they need to focus on the task at hand.
Most of us are Technicians.
When we read "I can do all things through Christ" we don't see the verse through the eyes of a pioneering Entrepreneur like Paul the Apostle. He saw Christ in him as the source of strength by which he could climb any mountain, reach farther than he had ever reached before, build a kingdom where none had ever existed, etc.
No. We are Technicians. We live in the Present. We see "I can do all things through Christ" as a Technician does. We read it as:
"I can survive all the things that God throws at me today through Christ"
We have a life-preserver where Paul had rocket fuel.
We have a safety net where Paul had a steam engine.
When was the last time that you looked at the future? When was the last time that you set down your tools and picked up your imagination, and dreamed a BIG dream for God?
There is a pioneer inside of you. There is an Entrepreneur that lies inside each of us.
Go ahead! Dream the dream!
Launch out! Take the step! Get a vision for God!
"I can." Just think about it.
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