Comments on: Discovery http://daryljwhite.us/2007/09/25/discovery/ contemplating life and ministry Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:59:24 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jon Parks http://daryljwhite.us/2007/09/25/discovery/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Jon Parks Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:17:00 +0000 http://daryljwhite.us/2007/09/25/discovery/#comment-70 We think because we are in a "holy profession," we are exempt from the success-driven model of life. Far from it - in fact, we are even more adept than others at aiming for our success (sometimes at someone else's expense) and hiding the fact that we're so absorbed by it. It's easy to hide: "God's calling me to this church," when the fact is that new church is bigger, better, more lucrative, or more visible. We can even muster up surprise and "humility" when those successes come... But the fact is (at least for me), that I often forget HOW to not be success-driven. We think because we are in a “holy profession,” we are exempt from the success-driven model of life. Far from it – in fact, we are even more adept than others at aiming for our success (sometimes at someone else’s expense) and hiding the fact that we’re so absorbed by it. It’s easy to hide: “God’s calling me to this church,” when the fact is that new church is bigger, better, more lucrative, or more visible. We can even muster up surprise and “humility” when those successes come…

But the fact is (at least for me), that I often forget HOW to not be success-driven.

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