I was reading Seth Godin’s blog the other day and he said in the blog that he doesn’t go to meetings. I didn’t get it. I thought, “How do you not go to meetings?” I wanted to ask him to elaborate on that comment, but I thought there would be no way to reach him–he is probably unreachable. I asked my friend Nan (Chief Inspiration Officer at Sales by 5, and by the way, they are a cutting edge marketing/sales team, www.salesby5.com) what he thought Seth meant by his comment. He said, “I don’t know….Let’s ask him!” Nan emailed him, and very shortly this was his response.
“I don’t schedule them
people think I’m rude, cause I do a two minute email instead
I go to a meeting a week, TOPS”
I couldn’t believe that he responded. (very cool that he responded, pretty smart too, he probably saves a ton of time, resulting in productivity increasing). Nan did not think he was unreachable and because of it got a response.
I write all of this because I think some of us have the same perception of God. We think that God is unreachable, so we live the independent life. When God says,”I’m here….Right here…Can speak to me anytime!…Still here….Hello?….I’ll be waiting for you.”
God asks us to live an independently dependent life with Him. What does that mean? That means “we”, each one of us (the independently), are to live solely thru Him (the dependent part) and supported by the relationships around us.
God is open source, you have direct access….so what do you need to talk about with Him?
August 2nd, 2008 at 2:53 pm
The picture of the open lock is perfect. God is always open to hear us when we come to Him in humbleness. “Come to me all who are weak and heavy laden and I will give you rest.” There’s no mystical, ritualistic formula to open the lock to God. There’s no secret password. You don’t have to walk in circles chanting some unintelligible words. It’s simple, humble yourself. That’s it!
I know folks who can’t do that and it has cost them very important relationships. Humbleness is a simple step, but the hardest thing for many. If you can’t truly humble yourself, you will cause deep pain and believe me it is devastating.
Oh but the sweet peace and joy that immediately washes over you when you truly humble yourself to God is awesome. That’s when your “hear” His promptings inside leading you and guiding you.
Though I may not always follow His guidance, He never gives up on me and is right there when I’ve learned my lesson, again, and call out to Him.
August 3rd, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Seth Godin…. name dropping i see. No meetings. That is amazing.