I just read a great article in Leadership Journal called Skimming by Pete Scazzero here is an excerpt:
Like skimming a book, this can produce the impression that everything is covered, but in reality, you aren’t completely there. How do you know you’re skimming?
- When you go from meeting to meeting without awareness of God.
- When you say “yes” to new commitments and expansions without properly following through on what you are already doing.
- When it is Friday and you realize you have not had enough time to allow the truth of what you are preaching to transform your own walk with Christ.
- When you avoid difficult decisions and truths because someone will be upset.
- When you muddle your way through a meeting because you have not clearly determined your goals and agenda.
- When you make a pastoral phone call or visit – resentfully.
- When you cannot stop thinking about the unfinished work at church when you are with your family.
- When you are too busy to reflect on your own heart or cultivate your own personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
- When you are not investing in your own personal growth and marriage.
- When you measure your success based on what other people say rather than your own internal values before God.
