I was horrible at math in middle school. But I was pretty good at similes. Remember those?
Yellow is to sun as ____ is to moon
Guns n Roses is to best band ever as Tiger Woods is to ____
God is to Satan as dogs are to ____ (the answer, clearly, is cats)
Here’s a ministry simile for all of you who are currently facing a resource challenge.
Resources are to the vision of a ministry what wake is to a boat in the water.
Wake follows the movement of a vessel in direct proportion to the velocity. And it always trails behind the motor.
Resource follows the movement of a vision in direct proportion to the velocity of the vision. And it always follows behind the vision. Behind the risk. Behind the initiative.
Don’t wait for the wake to magically appear. Produce it by moving forward.
Stop waiting for resources to fall out of the sky. Go forward as hard as you can as fast as you can with all that you’ve got.
Soon you’ll be skiing on the wake.