Though the following article is admittedly simplistic, nevertheless I believe success and failure have some of the same problems whether it be staffing, budget, leadership, or other areas. Read on and see what I mean. Expectations never meet reality. Once we realize the dreams of success, we always find that the grass was not as green as we thought. We are disappointed.
Success brings extra unanticipated problems.
Such problems can be financial, staffing, and or a number of other programming difficulties which must be dealt with. Such focus, if unchecked, can lead to a sense that we built the church and not God, thus placing great unnecessary stress on ourselves. Changes responsibilities of leadership New successes mean that leadership must take on the new responsibilities and challenges that success has introduced. In fact, such individuals may resist successive levels of success for numerous reasons. Thus, the leaders one counted on to reach a given level of success may not be able to take it up to the next level.