Imagine this scenario with me:
After a long season of resistance, you finally break out. You start growing. There's a demand for you, your ideas, your product, your speaking and now, for the first time, the challenges you face are the result of success.
Where do you go when you have multiple invitations? Simply put, success breeds opportunities. And opportunities are of two types—good and bad. Saying “no” to an opportunity that does not relate to your mission is not easy, but it is necessary.
By hiring the wrong employee or getting involved with the wrong alliance or committing yourself to the wrong project, you waste time and money and progress. Be careful who you add to your team; beware what ideas you consider. Keep your mission clear and if the initiative does not fit or expand your mission, move on. If the person is not absolutely needed and a good fit, don't hire.
The devil will join you with the wrong advice, wrong people, wrong projects—all costly and time consuming. Be aware that favor is a “shininess” factor that attracts all kinds of people who have plans for your life. Keep your head clear. Not all opportunities come from heaven. Stick to your mission. And when in doubt, pray with your spouse or trusted circle about any commitment you have doubts about.
Thank you Lance, much needed!
Good strong advice…Amen
Lance, the timing for this important reminder could not be more perfect for me. Thank you
Michael Morisi
The good is not always the best that God has planned. I am looking for His best in the good.
I totally agree with you on this.🙏😇👍
Brilliant, Lance – Thank You!
Good advice Lance, solid reliable ground foundation 👏 👌 Thanks very much.
Thanks Lance for sending this. I needed to hear that. Very relevant to my current situation!
The kicker. Jesus defined for us what our main mission in life should be. Any man-made mission statement that does not support the Great Commission’s call to disciple the nations of the world, starting with our own, is questionable. This is why Christianity is so impotent in the West. We were created to glorify God and find “HIS” purpose for our life goals, not our own self-centered life missions.