Lessons From Your Local Hardware Store

Do you remember those local hardware stores? They were owned by a small family, had generations of experience, and knew how to fix anything. I remember one called Brady’s Hardware that had an old hardwood floor that creaked as you walked by, crammed with all sorts of cool things.

One of the problems with those stores is that the parent always assumed that one or more of the children would want to take over the business after they were out of school. Sometimes this was the case. Sometimes it wasn’t. For the situations when the children didn’t want to take over, the parent had 3 choices: keep going until they couldn’t do it anymore, find someone they didn’t know to take over, or shut it down today.

If you want your ministry or cause to continue beyond your leadership, learn a lesson from your local hardware store: always be training new leaders. . God has an amazing way to calling people to places and roles they never expected. Don’t assume someone you have groomed today to lead will be called to do so.

God may want to call you to something new. Are you prepared to hand over leadership to someone else, or will your ministry or cause just close down like so many local hardware stores?

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