GOALS, Pt.5 [guest blogger: Rob Willis]

I recently started a blog series called, GOALS. I have invited some of my friends, mentors, and flat out some of the GREATEST LEADERS IN THE COUNTRY to help me blog on this subject.

My current guest blogger is Rob Willis from The Journey Church in Rochester, NH. Pastor Rob started his amazing thoughts on GOALS in a previous post, let me continue his thoughts here:

WHY SHOULD WE ATTACH NUMBERS TO OUR GOALS?

Numbers – everyone can get hung up on numbers. I’ve heard it said (even about the church I lead), “This church is all about numbers!” Well, yeah, it is. Numbers do matter – but not for the sake of determining our success so much as understanding God’s heart. Quick, Bible scholars – how many men did Jesus feed with 5 loaves and 2 fish? How many were saved and added to the church on the Day of Pentecost? How many apostles are there? How many books in the Bible are named Numbers J? You see, God cares about numbers because NUMBERS REPRESENT PEOPLE that He cares about!

So if NUMBERS are important to God (and they are), then we can set goals with NUMBERS and not be ashamed of it! When I would like to have 500 for Easter Sunday, it’s not because I want people to think I’m a wonderful pastor. No – numbers are all wrong then. It’s because that 500 people who will have a chance to connect with Jesus Christ and take great faith steps that day – and YES, that’s ALL RIGHT! Numbers matter to God, but not for the sake of building us up (see 1 Corinthians 1:31 for those who want to take all the credit). Numbers matter to God because people matter.