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Fighting the Fires of Deadlines

Posted by John Saddington on Mar 11, 2010

We are some of the busiest people on the planet and everything in ministry can seem like “top priority” and “right now” or “ASAP.”

Right?

Let’s fight the fire of deadline anxiety (or uncontrolled excitement) with a godly-sized portion of patience, grace, and understanding.

I think we simply need to trust God more with the outcomes of all that we do.

Agreed? Let’s start today.

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John Saddington

John is the Chief Editor @ The 8BIT Network and Senior Blog Junkie here at ChurchCreate. He enjoys Triple-Tall Americanos, developing Wordpress Themes, and a few other Random Things.

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17 Responses to “Fighting the Fires of Deadlines”

  1. Nick Shoemaker
    Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 11:37 am

    WORD! A great reminder to be ok not having control over everything.

    I read in Wild at Heart that How is God’s department.

    As in how am I going to get that done on time- the rendering alone takes longer!?…. not our department. Or, how are we going to get everyone in the production department on the same page with this policy?… not our department.

    Now- I’m NOT ducking responsibility here- God uses people to do the how. We need to be diligent and worthy stewards of the resources available to us; but the insurmountable will be less so when we realize Abba has it and just asks us to be ready and available for HIS plans.

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    • Travis Fish
      Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 11:50 am

      I love that. Wild at heart is a great book and that is a great observation.

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      • PhillipGibb
        Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 4:31 pm

        I have that book, maybe I need to actually read it :(

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        • Nick Shoemaker
          Friday, March 12, 2010 at 2:46 am

          DUDE! Yes- read it. I read the thing 13 times when I was on your side of the world (Uganda). READ IT! :)

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    • John Saddington
      Sunday, March 21, 2010 at 10:04 pm

      His plans are always awesome.

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  2. Travis Fish
    Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 11:49 am

    Love this. Great reminder of God’s infinite Size and ability.

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  3. greenhornet79
    Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 1:07 pm

    All we can do is work hard and do our best, and trust God with the rest.

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  4. PhillipGibb
    Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 4:30 pm

    Trust God more with the outcomes of all that we do?
    that is tough even for a Christian.
    I find myself fighting to achieve the outcome because I want a certain result that I will be souly responsible for.
    I worry that God might want a different outcome.
    I should snap out of it.

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    • John Saddington
      Sunday, March 21, 2010 at 10:08 pm

      just finished another andy book. he said the exact same thing.

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  5. Scott Magdalein
    Friday, March 12, 2010 at 5:08 am

    I totally expected this post to be about planning and how it can put out fires before they start. Then I read it and felt warm inside. It was a nice surprise.

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  6. brett barner
    Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 10:45 am

    Great reminder. “we simply need to trust God more with the outcomes of all that we do.” <<—Control. Why do we so desperately cling to it?

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  7. Graham
    Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 6:23 pm

    Yes Yes Yes. Even though we are busy with things that have to be done yesterday. We need to keep in mind that the rest of the world is too. If we all just had a little more patience and understanding with each other… what a beautiful place we’d be in!

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