Dramatic Change

I recently visited a church and heard the following quote by Andrew S. Grove:  “There is at least one point in the history of any company when you have to change dramatically to rise to the Next Level of performance. Miss that moment – and you start to decline.”

I found this very compelling and very challenging.  I began to wonder what dramatic changes our church planting team may need to make in order to rise to the next level of performance.  Many thoughts came to mind, but it became more powerful for me as  as I migrated the concept from the group/corporate dynamic into a personal dynamic: “what do I need to change dramatically to rise to my next level of performance?

To answer these questions takes a great deal of courage and perhaps more time than we may be prepared to invest.  I wonder how many advances we miss because we are simply unwilling to change?  And not just change, but change dramatically.  My wife and I have been reworking our way through an in-depth Bible study called, “Experiencing God”.  I highly recommend this study.  In last night’s session we read that when God reveals something of His plan to us, He expects us to respond at the time He reveals it.  Not later after we’ve considered it, not later after we’ve decided whether we like it, and not later after it becomes more convenient for us.  Change.  Dramatic change.

Where do you need to change dramatically in order to rise to your next level of performance?  Consider your family life, your career, your spiritual life.  What does God want you to change?

“God, who has ruled from eternity, will hear me and defeat them; for they refuse to change, and they do not fear him.” –Psalm 55:19