Now comes the hard part

This past Sunday, the leaders of our church introduced a new vision to our church family. The vision simply states; "[PBCC] Exists to introduce people to God’s grace by growing together as a family and developing our gifts to share the love of Jesus" Our leaders spent a great deal of time crafting and discussing the vision. While we spent time and energy on our vision statement; we all realize now comes the hard part. Fulfilling the vision is where the real work takes place. For it will take work...

• To keep us focused on the vision.
• To keep us from becoming sidetracked.
• To keep us moving forward.
• To keep us pressing on long after the newness wears off.
• To keep us committed to vision when other things call for our attention.
• To keep us from being distracted by the stuff of life.
• To keep us strong when we are weak in the flesh.
• To keep us being the leaders God needs us to be to fulfill the vision.
• To keep us trusting in God when we want to walk by sight rather than walk by faith.

Why are we willing to to go through the hard part of fulfilling the vision - simple; we have a desire to share the love of Jesus with the world. With that goal as our passion, we as leaders know it is worth all the hard work ahead of us.