- 2 Corinthians 4:17 (NKJV) For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,
The philosophy for most today is: “Seize the Moment!” But the wiser course is: “Seize the Process!”
I was reminded of the importance of this issue during my recent vacation. Because Sonja and I were on a cruise we had no access to the internet or newspapers. In others, except for what was happening on our ship, we knew of no events going on in the entire world.
The one newspaper that I happened upon was at a Burger King in George Town, Grand Cayman. Do you know what the headline was? Answer: The local elections. Matter of fact, the entire paper was dominated by the different issues surrounding the up-coming Cayman Island election.
Now I doubt that any of my family and friends back home even knew there was an election coming up in the little island nation of the Cayman Islands; but in George Town it was “the” event going on.
And that illustrates the danger of being event-driven vs. being process-driven.
An event-driven person is always on a quest for a happy moment. The process-driven person is always on a quest to set in place ways to have a happy life.
The event-driven person is constantly panning their surroundings looking for something to do in order to escape boredom, sadness, loneliness or whatever. The process-driven person sees the temporary boredom, sadness, loneliness or whatever as part of the process required in the journey toward what they can become.
Event-driven Christians have to experience a “Wow-I-feel-great” service on Sunday because they have no process in place during the week to feed themselves spiritually. On the other hand, the process-driven person has a process in place to grow in Christ all week and thus come to church – not to get – but to give: giving worship to God and service to His Church.
The danger for the event-driven person can be like the man who had fallen off the Empire State building that was heard saying as he plummeted past the 50th floor: “So far so good.” In other words, they can be having the time of their life at the moment but in the process be setting themselves up for a terrible landing someday.
So bottom line, whether it is the elections or the emergency of the moment; if you have a good process in place for coping with the challenges of life – no matter what the event of the day is – long term – you’re going to have a good life.
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