{"id":31720,"date":"2022-09-10T15:41:24","date_gmt":"2022-09-10T20:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/is-the-timing-right-for-change-in-your-ministry\/"},"modified":"2022-09-10T15:41:24","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T20:41:24","slug":"is-the-timing-right-for-change-in-your-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/is-the-timing-right-for-change-in-your-ministry\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Timing Right for Change in Your Ministry?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Stas Knop photo – Pexels <\/p>\n

By Jeff Iorg<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIs the timing right for the change?\u201d<\/p>\n

This may be the most vexing question for many leaders who often see solutions a long time before others even start thinking about the problems. Visionary insight\u2014the ability to see a preferred future\u2014can feel like a leadership curse because of the angst and impatience it produces within leaders.<\/p>\n

Clear vision of future possibilities makes it hard to wait for the right time to initiate major change. Right timing, however, is essential in determining the receptivity among followers for making a major change, as well as the pace at which God wants everyone to move forward.<\/p>\n

During my first on-site interview for my pastorate in Missouri, one thing became clear: the church needed to relocate. Their building was a small, dated facility on a gravel road about a mile from the intersection of two four-lane thoroughfares.<\/p>\n

It was obvious the church needed to be at that intersection, not a mile from it. At least it was obvious to me!<\/p>\n

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For about three years, we did various things to accommodate growth. We converted trailers into classrooms and started a second Sunday morning worship service. When the idea for relocating was first proposed, it was rejected outright\u2014even derided.<\/p>\n

After another year, when the idea was again proposed, there was some tepid, tentative affirmation. We set a study process in motion, God intervened, and the results validated the decision.<\/p>\n

The church has been meeting for more than 25 years in its new location about 50 yards from the aforementioned major intersection. In this case, while my conviction about what needed to happen was right, my timing was wrong.<\/p>\n

Calvin Miller summarized what happens when there is incongruity between vision and timing when making a major change.<\/p>\n