Make at least one mistake a week …
Sound like a strange resolution? Well, it’s one that won’t have a hard to fulfilling. So then why make such a resolution? Because if I’m not making mistakes, I’m not trying anything new … I’m not risking anything … I’m not stretching, I’m not growing, I’m not learning. Although I make many mistakes a day, I want to make the purpose of my mistakes be that I’m not settling for status quo. In fact, I believe the biggest mistake I can make is to make blind, sloppy mistakes that stunt my growth rather than feeding it.
This is what Rick Warren says about risk taking:
The secret to being innovative is not being afraid to fail. So, let me encourage you to take risks in your ministry. Don’t be afraid to try different methods or to think way out of the box. The great inventor, Thomas Edison, saw mistakes in a positive light, saying they taught you the things that won’t work, freeing you to discover what will succeed. Edison moved on from mistakes and failures, inventing, among many things, the light bulb.
Few great things have ever been accomplished without risk-taking, and we need to teach our leaders, and our members, to take risks in their ministry for Christ. One reason this is so critical to your ministry is that it ties into faith-building. In other words, ‘risk-taking’ is an expression of faith, and a godly ‘risk-taker’ is being faithful in his service to God.
God, I give you this year, including and especially my mistakes. Stretch me to build my faith!
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