On the Mark . . . . 

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DRUDGERY AND A DREAM

In 1730 a church in Sussex, England posted this sign:

A vision without a task is but a dream;

a task without a vision is drudgery;

a vision and a task is the hope of the world.

    I can relate. When my work becomes drudgery it's usually because I have become more focused on the task at hand, and less focused on the vision God has given me. Both are necessary.

    Personally, I can’t imagine anything more dull than selling shoes out of the back of one’s car, but that’s what Phillip Knight did. After launching his own athletic shoe company with $500 of borrowed money, he spent several years crossing the northwest, hawking shoes at track meets and mall parking lots. Not my idea of a dream job, but Knight loved it. Eventually the business took off. His shoe company, now called Nike, became … well, you know who they are.

    That’s what vision does for you. It transforms the drudgery of a task into the thrill of an adventure. And it always leads to great things.

    What’s your vision?  (Monday Memo)

    Reading God's word has moved many of you from drudgery into a vibrant life by the end of the first month! God's word is empowering and enlightening to us all. It seems like everyday there is something  different that is revealed to me. It may be how God worked, it may be how people reacted, it may be a change that needs to happen in my heart and life.  As God reveals himself and His plans to you picture yourself in the middle of His work, and expect God to use you to do his work and ministry . We are God's ministers to a dying world ........... see yourself as God's most import person in your corner of the world and put your faith into action. 

Mark