The "Now What" effect

I am not really a hockey fan, not having followed the sport down throughout the years. From time to time I like to watch hockey, I like the speed of the game and the "physicalness" of it. The guys really go after it, especially in the Stanley Cup Finals.

As you might realize by now, the Chicago BlackHawks won the Stanley Cup last night. Great for them. Great for Chicago.

You can feel and sense the whole city being uplifted and excited. A winner! A champion!

Being the sports fan that I am - I know that there is nothing like it (in the realm of sports) - to have your team win a championship!

Yet, there is always the "now what" effect that can take place, really with anything in life.

A person graduates from college - now what?

A person gets their first job - now what?

A person gets married - now what?

A person has their first child - now what?

A person gets a promotion - now what?

A person retires - now what?

A team wins the championship - now what?

Here's what I know - actually two things:

First of all, enjoy the moment. I can remember being at a church picnic at the church we first pastored in Wofford Heights, California. The planners of the picnic were already planning next year's picnic, WHILE THE PICNIC WAS STILL GOING ON."

We plan, we work, we enjoy the moment.

And then.....we use the moment to propel us to greater things for the future. Enjoy the moment and then move on. Move on to more championships, move on to greater things at work, move on to more "wonderful" things at home.

This will be the leadership challenge that we face as we move into the new facility as a church family.

We want to enjoy the moment - and then move on!

How does that apply to your life today?