I used to debate my old pastor about our biggest weekend of the year. He'd say let's do it bigger and better, and I'd say okay, but why? What's the purpose? I know a lot of churches where that's the whole motto, and what happens inevitably is you burn out your people. It's never let's hire more people. It's always how do we do bigger and better with the same budget and the same people.

The peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity. They didn't fail. They got tired building something that wasn't going to hold. And no black and white here: the woe isn't on building. Churches should do big things. It's on what got mixed into the foundation, because the material is people.

Anchored in Habakkuk 2:12-13. Part of The Waiting Season, a walk through the three chapters of Habakkuk.