A Higher Level

Efficiency is “doing better what is already being done”
-Peter Drucker

I am starting a series of sermons this week on the concept of efficiency. The goal is to get to a place in our relationship with God that we are doing things at a higher level of efficiency with less waste of time. The urgency of the hour is such that spinning our wheels is a dangerous pastime because of all that is hanging in the balance. Many times that only happens at the expense of giving up enjoyment or fun. Actually, it has been proven that laughter and play actually will improve efficiency in general. The old saying that “all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy”, stands true. The question becomes, how can we efficiently do life ministry and still enjoy the doing of it. God has made provision for this by offering strength in the form of the “joy of the Lord”. Just like all things spiritual, that joy goes deep into our being and makes inefficient material happiness fade in comparison. It is the same with peace. God offers a peace that passes understanding to replace the shallow peace that the world offers. The love of God is much more efficient than the love that the world offers. So- The first key to our efficiency improvement is to upgrade our walk with God. God always has a better level for me to attain. It only makes sense to go after it. There is no greater joy.