THE SERVANT OF THE LORD MUST NOT STRIVE
(2 Timothy 2:24)
If you're building your kingdom, you'll find the work strenuous. But if you can relax, rely on the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit, with all of His gifts and glory, you'll find ministry to be delightful. You may get tired in the work, but never of it. "Burn out" is unthinkable if we're resting in Jesus.
As Pastor Chuck says, "God wants inspiration, not perspiration." If we seek to "pump up" a ministry with programs, hyped up "worship", or charged up emotionalism, we'll not only be exhausted, but we'll have to strive to maintain what we built. True inspiration comes from a heart yielded fully to God, a life in a state of being continually filled with the Holy Spirit, "speaking to ourselves in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs".
Pastor Chuck loves to take ventures of faith, like Jonathan of old. He loves to just step out and see if God wants to do something. If He doesn't desire to move in that way, that's fine, you withdraw and move on. But sometimes, God will move mightily, He was just waiting for someone to step out of the boat.
When you recognize that God is in charge, and Jesus is building His own church (without our help if need be), you can relax, not strive, not push, not worry. Sometimes it will become obvious through the lack of fruit that God's not in a particular venture. If so, fine, if God's not in it, let it go. That's one reason why each part of Pastor Chuck's ministry is financially independent. That way you're not taking away from something God is blessing to prop up something He' s not. All of our churches and ministries don't have to be identical; maybe God doesn't want a bookstore here or a touring music ministry there. Let God be God. Go with the flow.
