"When you want something you have never had, you must do something you've never done to get it."

A thought by John C. Maxwell, (2012-10-02) from his book, The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth: Live Them and Reach Your Potential (p. 179). Center Street. Kindle Edition.

Margaret and I and our son, Brett and his family go to a very exciting church. We have in a way been connected to Mosaic for almost 15 years. Brett and his wife met at Mosaic over ten years ago when they were meeting in downtown LA in the singer Prince’s nightclub. Those were exciting days for Mosaic. We were living in Las Vegas at the time and we would take Sunday breaks from our church and if we came to LA we would go to Mosaic for at least one of our multiple churches we visited. We met with them in multiple settings. It is now exciting to be a part of this great church every weekend.

A year ago they made a major change. Instead of meeting in multiple sites they started meeting in an existing church building on the corner of Hollywood and La Brea and they have exploded. They were doing great in multiple sites as so many churches are doing. They were having 2,000 in attendance meeting in downtown LA , Pasadena, Beverly Hills and other locations but after taking the risk of coming together they are now averaging over 4,000 in one year’s time. It is really exciting and challenging for them to know what to do now.

Now I’m not saying that is what all other multisite churches should do but it worked for Mosaic. Some would say, “I would sure like to have a church of 2,000.” I understand that. But are you willing to do something you’ve never done to get it. They have been creative from the start. But we so many times are afraid to change, to try, to risk, to step out in faith in our lives to see God work.

As John said, “When you want something you have never had, you must do something you’ve never done to get it.” He then said, "Otherwise you keep getting the same results."

I’m sure that you probably aren’t a pastor but you have something you want to happen in your life. So you must do something you’ve never done to get it.

Are you willing to do that?

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