074 – “Ditch the drudgery and refresh your Vision” Finding and Doing Your Best Work. Part 2
I asked this last week:
Does your work feel like Drudgery?
Have you lost the passion you once had?
Does work feel like an endless to-do list of unrelated tasks?
Margin for Mission
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
- Margin – for ourselves
We’ll never find our mission unless we have some margin.
Mission – Begins with people
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry – author John Mark Comer
WHEN I READ THE SYMPTOMS OF HURRY – I KNEW THE CAUSE OF MY PROBLEM
READ: PAGE 48
The theme verse for the Ruthless book was this:
Matthew 11:28-30
28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
THE MESSAGE:
Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.””
Matthew 11:28-30 MSG
BUT, – – – and this is the point of the podcast – IF we’re not careful – if we’re going too fast – our work becomes drudgery.
Margin – for ourselves
How to build Margin into our Everyday Life.
We are going Fast – We live in a fast-paced world.
BUT we can choose our pace…
7 Ideas to Regain Margin
- The unforced rhythms of Grace
The unforced rhythms of grace
WOW – I don’t even know exactly what that means – But I want it!
JUST SIT WITH THAT
– DOESN’T THAT FEEL GOOD – I WANT THAT
There is a Rhythm to life – AND to Grace
What does that mean – – – For YOU?
- Come to Jesus. Time with Jesus. Intimacy with Jesus
- Start the Day Slowly
- Your phone is not your alarm clock and you don’t check it while still in bed. Go on Amazon and buy an alarm clock
- SABBATH
THIS WAS CREATED BY GOD AND IS PART OF THE UNIVERSE – PART OF THE RHYTHM OF THE UNIVERSE.
THE GOAL IS …
A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP WITH TIME
- No is a complete sentence
- Say No to the good and yes to the best
- What Good things do you need to say no to?
- EXAMEN
The Daily Examen is a technique of prayerful reflection on the events of the day in order to detect God’s presence and discern his direction for us. The Examen is an ancient practice in the Church that can help us see God’s hand at work in our whole experience.
St. Ignatius thought that the Examen was a gift that came directly from God, and that God wanted it to be shared as widely as possible.
One of the few rules of prayer that Ignatius made for the Jesuit order was the requirement that Jesuits practice the Examen twice daily—at noon and at the end of the day. It’s a habit that Jesuits, and many other Christians, practice to this day.
- A pause in the day.
- The hardest thing ever
- SABBATH IS A PAUSE IN THE WEEK – EXAMEN IS A PAUSE IN THE DAY.
- Prayer, Meditation and Thinking
- THINKING…IS WHAT I AM ABOUT TO DO – TO PICKUP – MY BEST WORK?
- APP – the one minute pause APP. – John Eldrege
- ASKING God
- So many Verses on Asking
- Asking is a Biblical Principal
- SLOW DOWN.
- Ruthless Book: A Whole Chapter on SLOW
- In life
- In traffic
- Margin for appointments
- TAME Your TECH
- Turn off all notifications
- We are like a monkey on a leash
- Milkshake Multi-tasking
- DETOX YOUR BRAIN
- GO FOR A WALK…
- THE best habit ever
- Therapy
- Clarity
- New Outlook
- It is a work break
- Walking Meetings
Margin is the Space To slow down and Think and Dream and Plan
Next week – How to use your Margin
