The Bell Curve
This post is for pastors. Especially discouraged pastors :)
In his book, The Big Moo, Seth Godin says, "Take any population anywhere on the planet and measure just about anything and the distribution of the population almost always comes out as a perfect bell curve."
There is a bell curve within every church.
There are innovators and resisters. There are adopters and laggards. Honestly, I think that can be very healthy for a church. It can also be very frustrating :)
I don't care how big your vision is or how good your idea is. You will always find someone who supports a bad idea and someone who opposes a good idea. It's inevitable. Why? Because there is always a bell curve. In other words, don't expect 100% endorsement of your vision. Expect some resisters along the way!
Even Jesus lost one of his disciples who sold out for 30 pieces of silver. Maybe 11 out of 12 isn't a bad batting average for leaders?
I think sometimes we get too discouraged by the one out of twelve who betray our vision and we forget about the eleven out of twelve who would die for us! That's what the other disciples did.
Don't let a Judas keep you from doing what God has called you to do. The key phrase in that last sentence is "what God has called you to do." If it's not God-ordained then no one is betraying you. You're betraying God. But if you're doing what God has called you to do then don't let a Judas stop you.
I don't care how charismatic you are. I don't care how God-ordained the idea is. I don't care how much sense you make. There will always be resisters and laggards.
It's the bell curve :)
In his book, The Big Moo, Seth Godin says, "Take any population anywhere on the planet and measure just about anything and the distribution of the population almost always comes out as a perfect bell curve."
There is a bell curve within every church.
There are innovators and resisters. There are adopters and laggards. Honestly, I think that can be very healthy for a church. It can also be very frustrating :)
I don't care how big your vision is or how good your idea is. You will always find someone who supports a bad idea and someone who opposes a good idea. It's inevitable. Why? Because there is always a bell curve. In other words, don't expect 100% endorsement of your vision. Expect some resisters along the way!
Even Jesus lost one of his disciples who sold out for 30 pieces of silver. Maybe 11 out of 12 isn't a bad batting average for leaders?
I think sometimes we get too discouraged by the one out of twelve who betray our vision and we forget about the eleven out of twelve who would die for us! That's what the other disciples did.
Don't let a Judas keep you from doing what God has called you to do. The key phrase in that last sentence is "what God has called you to do." If it's not God-ordained then no one is betraying you. You're betraying God. But if you're doing what God has called you to do then don't let a Judas stop you.
I don't care how charismatic you are. I don't care how God-ordained the idea is. I don't care how much sense you make. There will always be resisters and laggards.
It's the bell curve :)
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