Be an Actionary
As you’ve probably learned before, I love quotes. Like, with a passion. In fact, I like them so much I actually subscribe to the Quote of the Day RSS feed from BrainyQuote.com. At about 1 this morning, I’m looking around my RSS feeds and see the new quote of the day. It’s from Pablo Picasso, and it says: “Action is the foundational key to all success.”
Initially, I kind of just brushed the statement off. Then I really got to thinking about it. It’s really true, and very applicable to our ministries. Our world has lots of visionaries. They’re really smart people who tell us what the world could be like if we did this, or how the world would change if only this happened. They’re fascinating to listen to, and we’re enthralled just hearing what they have to say. Leonard Sweet is one of the first visionaries that comes to my mind. (He has an interview in the November/December issue of K!) Visionaries are pretty cool people, in my opinion.
However, for as much as I love our visionaries, they don’t do much. They spend their lives in “what if’s” and “could be’s”, but it’s up to us to actually make it happen. Go back to the Picasso quote. Imagine if Picasso had just spent his life talking about what his paintings could look like and what would happen if he painted them. Needless to say, Picasso certainly wouldn’t have been quite the art celebrity he became. Picasso found success because he acted on a vision. (more…)