“A useful crisis creates a situation that cannot be resolved by incremental change.”

A thought by Michael Frost and Alan Hirsch (2011-04-15) from their book, The Faith of Leap, (Shapevine) (p. 41). Baker Books. Kindle Edition.

Have you noticed that when you are driving straight you still make small incremental changes in your direction to keep headed on the road ahead?   We do that in our lives too but we also need to be prepared for that unexpected situation or crisis that many times comes on our path which means a total directional change.  Sometimes we need to make changes in our direction that only a useful crisis with make the difference.

A heart attack can be a crisis that will force us to make the physical changes in our lives that will set us on a new healthier path of eating right, exercise and learning how to handle stress.  If we would do the changes without the crisis that would be better but sometimes it only happens when we are forced to change.

Sometimes we need to change jobs because we are frustrated because we are not in our gifted area but we are fearful to change because of the money.  But what if you are laid off?   That may force you to reevaluate and make the changes you need to make to live a fulfilled productive life.

Maybe you have been slacking off at your occupation, living off your investments and then something happens to the stock market and your investments start going the wrong way.   So you get back to creatively start doing the occupation that God has given you and you start becoming productive again.

You know that a rut is a grave with the ends knocked out and sometimes we need a useful crisis to get out of it. 

So what changes do you need to make?