Thursday, March 16, 2006
The Rebelution Tour Conference Part 3
Do Hard Things-Brett Harris
Competence. What is that? Well, for starters, something lacking in our youth today! It's the "ability to do something well." It includes knowledge and skill, but "never think you're not skillful enough to be competent." Competence is important because "the side with the most competence always wins the culture war." For Rebelutionaries, this requires a qualifier: we are to "aim for excellence" in things that matter. "It doesn't matter how well you do nothing." Being homeschooled, going to church, or even just knowing when to be quiet often gets you the award of greatness by many teachers, parents, and pastors. We often settle for our second best knowing it made the "acceptable" level. Do Hard Things counteracts this mind set. As Joel said in his letter to The Rebelution, we should say "That was nothing. Watch this." "There's always something harder to do." Colossians 3:23 says, "And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men." People are often easy to please; it's God who knows what we're really capable of as He is the one who gifted us with our talents and abilities. One reason why culture has such low expectations is because "it can't handle [us] when [we]'re strong." The disclaimer to remember about Do Hard Things is that hard things often start out as small things. While not flashy, one can't do bigger hard things if the smaller hard things are too hard. Note: parents are good encouragers and enforcers of this; parents who attended the conference are VERY good encouragers and enforcers of this. ;-)
Advice: it is "not a good idea to sink your own ship."
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Competence. What is that? Well, for starters, something lacking in our youth today! It's the "ability to do something well." It includes knowledge and skill, but "never think you're not skillful enough to be competent." Competence is important because "the side with the most competence always wins the culture war." For Rebelutionaries, this requires a qualifier: we are to "aim for excellence" in things that matter. "It doesn't matter how well you do nothing." Being homeschooled, going to church, or even just knowing when to be quiet often gets you the award of greatness by many teachers, parents, and pastors. We often settle for our second best knowing it made the "acceptable" level. Do Hard Things counteracts this mind set. As Joel said in his letter to The Rebelution, we should say "That was nothing. Watch this." "There's always something harder to do." Colossians 3:23 says, "And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men." People are often easy to please; it's God who knows what we're really capable of as He is the one who gifted us with our talents and abilities. One reason why culture has such low expectations is because "it can't handle [us] when [we]'re strong." The disclaimer to remember about Do Hard Things is that hard things often start out as small things. While not flashy, one can't do bigger hard things if the smaller hard things are too hard. Note: parents are good encouragers and enforcers of this; parents who attended the conference are VERY good encouragers and enforcers of this. ;-)Advice: it is "not a good idea to sink your own ship."
