Balance, Not Perfection...

Early in Ministry I concluded in my own mind that everything I did had to be perfect. The struggle of trying to do and accomplish perfection in ministry left me out of balance and often times out of touch. I wasted a great deal of time and energy on things that had no eternal consequence.

Discovering the difference between excellence and perfection has left me liberated and brought my ministry and family into balance. While I still conclude that ministry should be done in a par excellent manner, it does not necessarily mean that everything has to be perfect.

I can hear some of you who worked with me during my earlier years of ministry laughing as you read this blog. You are almost certain you have opened the wrong site.

Here’s the key; If you prioritize by purpose you will naturally find balance.

• What’s my motivation? Is it guilt, or God?
• What’s my first place of ministry? (My Family)
• Does it have eternal consequence?
• Is it worthwhile for the time and energy it will require?
• Is it something I will enjoy?

Make choices based on how God designed you and not on what others think and want.

Pastor Ray