This post is coming out of some of the reading I’ve been doing lately, and some things the Staff here at KCC has been talking about as well.  But I’m sort of tweaking it a bit too, so as always, what follows only represents me and my opinion, nobody else’s.

How many different insights into Scripture can you take in a week’s time?  Okay, I know that sounds odd, but just stop and think about it for a moment.  Insights into Scripture can come from many sources, sermons, lessons, discussions, your personal Bible study, and even lyrics from a song that you happen to hear.

You have that “Aha!” moment, and then what?  Well you have to take some time to process what you’ve just realized. You have to think about how it applies to you, and then of course you have to figure out how you’re going to live out the insight you’ve received.

Once all that’s done, then all you have to do is actually live it out!

Whew!  Sounds a bit time consuming and more complex than we usually think it is when you actually break it down doesn’t it?

So, how many times in a week are you going to actually work through that process?  Once? Twice? Five times?

I seriously doubt that last number. I think that most people are going to be doing very well to do one or two, and no more than that.  I mean you can only do so much in any given period of time.

If that’s right, it has serious implications for the way we’ve traditionally done church in America.    This was first pointed out to me at a Pastor’s conference by (now don’t faint!) Rick Warren. Saddleback had canceled their hugely successful midweek service for just this reason. People are on overload and piling Sunday morning and Sunday night and Wednesday night messages on them only serves to complicate matters.

So they simplified things, focused on small groups, and as a result are more successful in building disciples.

Do you need to simplify things in your life, to focus more on less so that in the end you get more done, grow more rapidly and prove the old adage that less is more?

Let me know what you think.