It’s been a long time since I have missed 3 days of work being sick. Missed Crash, but I made Maxie’s Keynote and got some help from some who were there with this week’s “-isms”.
Maxie wrapped up our series, The Elephants Among Us, with a talk entitled, The Risk/Trust Factor, based on the story of Gideon from the book of Judges.
Some key thoughts from the talk include…
-BIG IDEA: Being a “gap mender” always begins with a commitment to risk and trust.
-What gaps need you to risk and trust, but you are not prepared?
-knowing what you know, what are you prepared to do?
-It isn’t just about identifying the gap but ultimately healing those gaps
- You need to be willing to risk. You don’t get trust without risking first.
- Trust is built to the risk.
-God appoints (and uses) inadequate gap menders.
- Gaps don’t stay the same – they get worse over time.
-Unresolved gaps have long-term consequences for all of us.
-God is in the mending agent, but He is not going to do it alone.
-Eventually, the only way open to mending the gap or addressing the elephant is risk and trust. We must risk/trust that God will produce in and through us the change we want to see.
