Are we Empowering or just Babysitting?

I heard something recently that hit me with painful clarity. Especially as we think about the Church, radical faith, and the call to share Jesus Christ with the world.

What started as a funny quote became a deep conviction in my own life as I continue to move in ministry and leadership:

“I don’t want to babysit Christians in a building. I want to go out and share the Good News with people who are blind to it.”

Evangelism matters. It always has.

And yet, many Christians struggle. Not with belief or the understanding that it needs done but with actually putting rubber to the road.

Then this question began to challenge me:

What would your life look like if you knew you only had one year left to do what you’re passionate about?

Would you become more intentional?

More focused on what you’re passing on to others?

More urgent with the hope you carry?

Too often, the Church sits in a quiet, almost paralytic state. Not because we don’t care, but because we believe we have unlimited time. Or worse, we assume someone else will step in and do the work.

Meanwhile, churches are closing.

Congregations are shrinking.

Not because hope is gone, but because urgency is.

We’ve stopped helping people discover how God designed them to share what He’s already placed inside them.

I’ve seen this firsthand.

I’ve heard and seen the horror stories of people saying yes to things they were never called to simply because there was a need. The stress didn’t produce fruit, it caused real, physical damage. Even now, some of those people have never served the same way again.

But I’ve also seen the opposite.

I’ve watched how the very kids God has called me to serve have breathed life into me; through their laughter, through their joy, and through their encouragement. On days when I should have been drained, I was renewed. That’s how I know this is what I’m called to.

I’ve heard this spoken over me so many times…. “Be careful, you’re gonna burn out”

Here’s the true reality:

People don’t burn out when they’re walking in their calling.

They burn out when they’re living outside of it.

And that leads me to this question:

Are you using your dominant hand in life? Or are you trying to learn to use your left hand simply because that’s all you’ve ever been shown or allowed to do?

So many people are exhausted not because they’re doing too much, but because they’re doing the wrong things. They’ve learned how to survive in roles they were never designed to lead with, instead of living in the strength God uniquely gave them.

Your could spend time trying to perfect your “non dominant hand” however most would deem that as silly because you have a hand that works.

The Church doesn’t need more people filling seats.

It needs people walking in purpose.

It needs believers who are alive, activated, and confident in what God has called them to do.

Hope is still here.

The Good News is still powerful.

The question is whether we will live with urgency and step fully into the calling God placed in our hands. Our dominant ones!