Incremental thinking, incremental planning, incremental prayers - they are all the kiss of death. During our staff study time and discussion this week, we dug into the dangers of incrementalism.
If NewPointe drinks the deadly hemlock called incrementalism, the staff will feel under challenged, bored, and have no enthusiasm. Yet, if our church drinks the drink of “God can do anything”, but we as a staff drink hemlock called incrementalism, we will experience a sense of being overwhelmed, stressed out, and full of fear. So we asked ourselves, “What is the key for this not to happen?” The answer - we have to learn to run with God. How?
Keep short accounts with God. Don’t drink the hemlock of incrementalism in your relationship with Him. Don’t take 3 months to deal with something in your life that God wants you to deal with today. You have to develop a quick and firm YES to God. The question needs to be asked, “What are you still fighting with God over?” That’s incrementalism, and it’s very dangerous.
Keep short accounts with others. Who is it that you need to forgive? Who is it that you need to submit to? Who is it that you need to ask for forgiveness? How is your relationship? God tells us if our relationships with others aren’t right, we aren’t right with him. When we take way too long to make things right, we fall prey to incrementalism.
Incrementalism will kill us - as a Church, as a Staff, and as Leaders. We can’t afford incrementalism in any part of our lives.
