Day - 8: The Plan

Fail to plan...plan to fail.

Cliche?   You bet.

Truth?  Absolutely.

When I came to Redford Aldersgate 3 years ago, I came with a list of fifteen things that I wanted accomplish in the first 100 days.

That list is what I looked at every morning when I woke up. 

It is that same list I reviewed every night before I went to bed. 

The list is what helped me organize my days.

It's what helped me decide what phone calls to make and what emails to write. 

It was my guide in knowing when to say yes...and when to say no.

This list was my plan. 


Do you know what makes a great architect?

Great ideas?  No.

An incredible sense of beauty and design? Not even close.

What makes a great architect is the ability to get their ideas out of their head and onto a blueprint – to translate their “brilliance” into something that can actually be built. 

So many of us pastors walk around with incredible visions about what the church might become – of how we might reach more people and move closer to the Kingdom of God.  


Our problem is not a lack of good ideas or vision.

No, our problem is that most of our dreams and ideas never leave our head. They stay entombed in our heart. They never get put on paper. They never turn into a blueprint. They never become a plan. Which unfortunately means they never get built.

As we prepare to launch the West Outer Drive campus, we have lots of ideas but we also have a list.  We have a plan.  Is it the perfect plan?  Only time will tell. But we have set a course of action and we are going after it.

So let me ask you:  As you look at the next big thing you know God is calling you to do – do you have a list?  

Do you have a plan?

Start one today.