Perfect Conditions

Ecclesiastes 11:4 says "If you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything done."

I remember when we started New Day Church we couldn't find a space to meet on Sunday morning, which is what we originally wanted. And since a nearby church was just about to start a Saturday evening service, we decided to start meeting on Friday nights. In retrospect that's probably the worst possible time we could've chose to meet. But again, Sunday morning wasn't an option for us when we first started. It's not that no spots were available, it's that we couldn't afford to meet in any of those spots. But we didn't let that stop us. We prayerfully chose March 21st 2008 as our first meeting and said that even if we had to meet in someone's living room we would have our first meeting at that time. We didn't wait around for perfect conditions to start. As grateful as I am for our first meeting location (the Longmeadow Community House), it was a terrible place to meet for church. It was built back in the day before microphones were used so it naturally amplifies everything. This is a nightmare for a modern day church with a band, etc. Everything echoed so bad you could practically come back Saturday morning and hear Friday's worship and message still bouncing off those high ceilings. And talk about less than ideal conditions for our kids meeting space. They met right behind the adults with only a thin wall separating us from them. In addition to the terrible acoustics, we had to compete with all the noise the kids were making as they had a blast in kids church! Those were crazy times. But we didn't let that stop us. And when we first started we only had 2 people on the worship team. That's hard to believe now since we currently enjoy three drummers, several bass guitarists, several acoustic/electric guitarists, lots of talented vocalists, etc. But we started with two singers and NO musicians. Those were not perfect conditions for leading the kind of worship I had in mind. I could go on forever. I still often work in my unfinished basement which gets cold in the winter. When that happens I have to come work upstairs which is hard because I have two young kids and my house isn't big and it's easy to hear them playing and talking while I'm trying to work. My point is this: If we had waited for perfect conditions, we'd still be waiting. But instead, after starting from scratch with only 6 people inititally, we now have over 100 meeting regularly (and on Sunday morning now! Praise the Lord!)

Ecclesiastes 11:4 says "If you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything done." How can you apply this verse to your own life?