{"id":812,"date":"2013-06-13T04:49:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T04:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.dminlgp.com\/increased-responsibility-increased-faith\/"},"modified":"2013-06-13T04:49:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-13T04:49:00","slug":"increased-responsibility-increased-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/increased-responsibility-increased-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"Increased Responsibility… Increased Faith…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was fifteen and a freshman in high school facing my third two hour football practice of the day.\u00a0 They were called “three a days”<\/strong> and they lasted for about four weeks during the summer until school started. They were Hell! My coach at the time told me if I worked hard he felt I could start varsity as a freshman.\u00a0 I didn’t really know what that meant but it sounded cool.\u00a0 On this particular day the coach decided we were going to run hills.\u00a0 And when he said, “run hills”, he meant until teammates gave up.\u00a0 It seemed like it took forever, however one by one, fellow teammates began to say it wasn’t worth it.\u00a0 I remembered in the back of my mind what the coach said about working hard.\u00a0 It kept me going.\u00a0 At the end of our hills and subsequent practice I was the last running back standing.\u00a0 The coach looked at me and said, “The job is yours.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

This past week while reading “the dip” A Little Book That Teaches You When To Quit (And When To Stick), I was struck by the simplicity of the dip in the early years, and the complexity of the dip in later years.\u00a0 More particularly, when do you risk big, make a change or simply push through. Though I have only read this book recently, this is a concept I have followed all my life.<\/p>\n

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The Early Years…<\/strong> In the early years it all seemed so simple.\u00a0 When better offers came along, I simply took them.\u00a0 When the task or the work place seemed to becoming a cul-de-sac<\/strong> I simply moved on. Whether it was health care positions or ministry, I fielded both the same way.\u00a0 Yet, as\u00a0 I reflect on those days I had very little responsibility outside of myself.\u00a0 For the most part, the only one affected by my pressing and strategic quitting was myself.\u00a0 Though it seemed big at the time, it really didn’t take much faith.<\/p>\n

The Later Years…<\/strong> During my later years, I still embrace the concept of the dip.\u00a0 But now, wow, there is so much more at stake.\u00a0 Before simply quitting or moving onto what may or may not be a better fit, one has to consider a list of responsibilities.\u00a0 Your spouse, the mortgage, the kids, their friends, aging parents, what a move means to the whole family and so on.\u00a0 It’s becoming evident that in later years the dip is not always as easy to maneuver.\u00a0 It takes\u00a0 a lot of faith.<\/p>\n

Increased Faith…<\/strong>\u00a0 What happens when you are really good at something, you also get paid well to do it, but it is not you.\u00a0 Well, obviously you press towards what you love, and releasing the very things you don’t.\u00a0 Yet in these later years filled with much responsibility it takes great faith.\u00a0 Faith that when you jump, God is actually going to show up. Faith that releasing a good salary will not end in bankruptcy.\u00a0 Faith that God delights in you being able to serve him from the very passions He has placed in you.<\/p>\n

How is your “Dip”?\u00a0 Are you embracing it?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Is it time to quit or press?<\/strong><\/p>\n

How is your faith?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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