Think Time
Many years ago I went to a leadership training seminar. It was a very insightful time for me. One of the best lessons came from a story about Howard Hendricks the legendary professor at Dallas Theological Seminary. One of his former students had assumed the pastorate of a church, and he was feeling like he was not being effective, so he called Dr. Hendricks for advice. The good professor went to visit his former student for a day or so before giving him his diagnosis. Finally, he informed the young pastor of the problem. He did not have enough "think time." That seemed like an unlikely source of the problem, but it was true. Dr. Hendricks explained that we all need a certain amount of time just to think. If we get behind on that time, our performance suffers, as well as our creativity.
How is your think time? Many of us are so busy we don't stop to think. Yes, we think about specific things, but we don't just stop to listen to the Lord and ponder what He says. We don't stop to think about what we are doing. We just do it. This is a serious situation, in which we could get away from our main purpose, because we fail to think and evaluate what is going on. I pray that we all will not allow ourselves to get behind on our think time, so we can do our best in serving the Lord.
Tomorrow, I intend to read II Chronicles 7-9 and John 11:1-29.
How is your think time? Many of us are so busy we don't stop to think. Yes, we think about specific things, but we don't just stop to listen to the Lord and ponder what He says. We don't stop to think about what we are doing. We just do it. This is a serious situation, in which we could get away from our main purpose, because we fail to think and evaluate what is going on. I pray that we all will not allow ourselves to get behind on our think time, so we can do our best in serving the Lord.
Tomorrow, I intend to read II Chronicles 7-9 and John 11:1-29.