It's easy to think we've got this whole guest services thing wired up. We've read the books, studied great businesses, learned from other churches, stock-piled our own rich experiences. We've got this.
I get that God's wired a bunch of us up for this. I understand that he works through us. Through our gifted team members. But we can soar along on our own, missing the fact that there's either something supernatural going on in these relational encounters - or there's not.
This is more than technique. More than a list of 47 or more "best practices." We've been invited to God's agenda to redeem and recreate his creation. We're in on his movement to restore human life. We're stewards of his work.
I need my eyes constantly open to see what his Spirit is up to. I need my ears alert to the faint whispers that help me be in the right place at the right time. I need my heart tuned to his agenda so the frustrations, details, and tasks don't become routine that leave me doing a job - paid or unpaid.
I need to pray.
Are you praying?
