Are Your Tools Sharp?
Journal 2005 02 28
Are Your Tools Sharp?
“If your ax is dull and you don't sharpen it, you have to work harder to use it. It is smarter to plan ahead.” Ecclesiastes 10:10
Yesterday the men spent the day catching up and getting ready. Isn’t that what we constantly do? Clean up and repair from one project in readiness for the next?
The men knew that today they would go upstream in search of timber suitable for canoes. No chain saws on the Expedition so the men sharpened axes, adzes and knives in preparation for woodcutting. If you’ve ever used a dull axe, knife, razor or other cutting instrument you know that they just work better when sharp. The soldiers tasked with this mission were preparing themselves to complete it with great diligence and competency.
The following morning sixteen men were sent upstream to find trees. They returned late in the day reporting success.
Are your tools sharp? Have your prepared for the next phase of work by putting away and cleaning up from the last task?
Are you like me with too much unfinished business? Do you simply need to clean up to finish any of them? Finish what is undone, clean up and prepare for the next one. In this we find readiness for new assignment under the command of the leader of Heaven.
Make yourself ready!
Are Your Tools Sharp?
“If your ax is dull and you don't sharpen it, you have to work harder to use it. It is smarter to plan ahead.” Ecclesiastes 10:10
Yesterday the men spent the day catching up and getting ready. Isn’t that what we constantly do? Clean up and repair from one project in readiness for the next?
The men knew that today they would go upstream in search of timber suitable for canoes. No chain saws on the Expedition so the men sharpened axes, adzes and knives in preparation for woodcutting. If you’ve ever used a dull axe, knife, razor or other cutting instrument you know that they just work better when sharp. The soldiers tasked with this mission were preparing themselves to complete it with great diligence and competency.
The following morning sixteen men were sent upstream to find trees. They returned late in the day reporting success.
Are your tools sharp? Have your prepared for the next phase of work by putting away and cleaning up from the last task?
Are you like me with too much unfinished business? Do you simply need to clean up to finish any of them? Finish what is undone, clean up and prepare for the next one. In this we find readiness for new assignment under the command of the leader of Heaven.
Make yourself ready!
posted by @2007 Dick Cinkovich | 11:30 PM
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