Metamorphosis
I saw this image, and it captured my current season. I feel like I’m in a cocoon, no longer a caterpillar, not yet a butterfly. But God is redefining my identity and creating something new.
Leading change is most challenging when the one changing is you. As I’ve pondered this, I think back to the first Fertilizer I sent on July 1, 2009. I’m sharing it again with you because it may speak to you in whatever ways the LORD is calling you to metamorphosis. (If you’d like to read more of the first hundred posts, I’ve put them into book form that you can use personally or for your worship team. They are available here.)
Leading Change
“If you don’t like change, you’re going to like irrelevance even less.”
I mean, ouch, Dave! This quote from General Shinseki in Tom Peter’s book “Re-Imagine!” constantly challenges me. When I fight through the pain of embracing God-directed change, I’ll enjoy the fruit it brings.
A friend of mine was remodeling his 1940s black and white tile bathroom. It was demolition day number one. Armed with only a 16-ounce hammer and a forearm of sweat-equity determination, he pounded off a one-square-foot area of defiant tile. Removing his fogged safety goggles and standing in the pile of brokenness, he breathed through the cloud of dust and coughed, “Man, forget this! It’s too hard, too messy, too much work, and it’ll take way too long!”
He immediately felt the LORD say, “If you really are committed to change, it WILL be a lot more work than you think, messier than you think, and take longer than you think. You’ve already started, and it’s too late to go back.” (gulp & selah)
Hearing the LORD push us forward into His purposes is sobering and encouraging. It’s daunting yet doable. But nobody makes it alone. The Almighty’s fuel and the energy we gain from teaming with His body will bring about the change He’s put in our hearts to lead.
So what is it the LORD is calling me to change? Something in my personal life? Something in my character? Something in the way I lead? Something in the way our church worships? And who do I need to help me along the way?
-Dave Helmuth
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Metamorphosis (Nº 362)
