If It Aint Broke…

Everyone always says,” If it aint broke, don’t fix it!” But is that really the best thing to say??
If something never changes, people lose interest in it.
There is always a more efficient, effective, and enjoyable way to do something; it just hasn’t always been discovered yet.
Sometimes you do have to reinvent the wheel because a new and better wheel may just be around the corner.
Often times people who say or think,” if it aint broke don’t fix it” are actually too busy living in the glory days of the past to see that it is broke after all.
This idea translates very well into church. Too many pastors and churches are relying on programs and services that were successful in the past to produce the same results today. It won’t happen.
I’m not sure if these pastors and churches have noticed that the world has changed A LOT in the past 30 years! In fact, it’s changed a lot in the past 5 years.
And if a church is not willing to ‘fix’ what they have going in order to reach out to a completely new and emerging generation, it will die- period. And worse, the blood of millions of souls who will spend eternity in hell because no one reached them will be on their hands.
So when preparing and planning for your ministry, never ask yourself,” What have we always done?” and then do it. Because if you’re asking that question, ‘it’s’ already broke and needs to be fixed.