We’ve Always Done It This Way!
“Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.” (Isaiah 43:18-19)
Today’s Morsel: When I transitioned
from the Infantry side of the house, into the Quartermaster side of the house
in the army, one day my soldiers were outside cleaning their equipment. By what
they were doing, I could tell that there was a much easier way to do it. So,
when I asked them why they were doing it that way, they said to me, “This is
how we have always done it.” I said to them, not anymore you aren’t. And I
proceeded to show them how to do it in a different way that was much easier and
less time-consuming. People go to work every day and are bored out of
their minds because they keep doing the same thing, the same way, over and over
expecting to get different results. When is the last time you tried
something new? The disciples were so used to fishing one way that
when Jesus told them to cast their nets on the other side, they were surprised
at the number of fish that they caught. If your church isn’t growing, you might
want to try something new. If you only have one service, maybe an evening
service instead of a morning service would get you different results. Or
instead of a Wednesday night, maybe a Tuesday or Thursday night. Try something
new. Even the Lord told the Prophet that he was going to do something new. Just
because that’s the way it has always been done doesn’t mean that there isn’t
another way.
Sing: I’m trading my sorrows, I’m trading my
shame, I’m laying them down for the joy of the Lord. I’m trading my sickness,
I’m trading my pain, I’m laying them down for the joy of the Lord.
And I’ll say, yes Lord, yes, Lord, yes, yes,
Lord, yes Lord, yes, Lord, yes, yes, Lord Amen!
Thought For Today: If you always do
what you have always done, you will always get what you have always got.
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