The fishing routine

I had a conversation with my pastor yesterday and we talked about routine. The question that I asked is how do you deal with routine? You ever get one of those answers that pretty much takes a huge load off of your shoulders, yup it was one of those kind of moments. The answer I received is that not all routine is bad. The example that was used is sports teams look for routines it's called "jelling". When a team has routine the execution becomes second nature. I think we have jelled and are still jelling as a ministry team at CWCM. It's when the routine is not producing a win that you must begin looking for a change. Don't get me wrong I don't feel like we are losing in ministry (there is no failure in ministry). I just think our game has to step up because we are a Superbowl team.

So here's where I'm at. Having a sunday service is like going fishing. In fact Jesus called it "fishing for men". So every Sunday I go fishing, fishing for lives, fishing for team members, fishing for world changers. Imagine going to the same fishing spot every day and catching some fish but still feeling like it's routine. Routine? If your catching fish everyday it's a pretty good day you'd think because there's some days you catch none. I'm not bored of catching fish, it's just when I look at the world, when I look at the community I see bigger fish and that's the catch I want. It's that ellusive catch that you just feel like your barely missing that can make the daily stuff feel like routine.

I asked the team that I work with, does their need to be a change? The answer is yes. One thing my Pastor said you can't make change just for the sake of change. You have to know your target and why change is needed. So what's are target? How do we get it? How do you know what routine to keep and what to remove? You have to go back to the playbook and the coach, go back to the word, go back to the Lord and allow Him to give you the new game plan. I will post another update tommorow on this same thought. Until then maybe you find yourself in a routine in journaling, in marriage, in parenting, or in ministry. There some routines that you can't live without, so they must stay but that doesn't mean they have to stay the same.