A quote from Carolyn Arends' recent article in Christianity Today really got my attention the other day:
"Is there any story about God that isn't a love story?" - Carolyn Arends
She is right. No matter how aweful the situation or how strange the outcome, everything that God is about is covered in love. When He corrects - He loves. When he blesses - He loves.
So think about your work to innovate. How are we covering our actions in love. Sometimes it is easy to get so caught up in accomplishing a goal or creating something new. We get focused in and we act in very unloving ways. Then we wonder why God is not blessing our seemingly "holy cause."
This isn't something that just happens to those wayward people. It happens to all of us. We get so focused on our goal that we stop loving. How does this look practically?
- We reject a vacation request of a project member because our deadline is more important than their unique opportunity.
- We cut people off in a meeting when they are processing the project goals.
- We manipulate people to perform faster.
- We pit one person against another to motivate them.
- We yell at vendors who did not deliver.
- We short-change our family for the project.
- and the list goes on and on.
Our motivation in our innovation is the key. Are we doing our missional innovation out of a love for God and for those that our innovation will serve?
1 comment:
Hi Jon -- thanks for your post.
If you were to add a "subscribe button" I would use it -- I think others would too.
Warmly, Paul
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