Craig Groeschel

You don't have to say, we can't afford it.

You've already planned for it.

We planned for something to put our resources toward.

Then you want time margin.

And the reason you need time is because you need time to reflect, time to think, time to innovate, time to dream so that you can move fast.

You also want emotional margin.

Some leaders are leading at such a pace they don't have time.

emotional margin.

Something goes wrong and emotionally you fall apart.

And so you want emotional margin.

So your team, and you want it for your team, you want your team members to have margins so they can say yes without burning out.

If you have a great idea and say, hey, let's go attack this, and your team is emotionally on the edge, they're not going to be any good.

So you want emotional margin.

And then for me as a follower of Jesus, I want spiritual margin.

And that's so that I've got time to seek the heart of God and

And so I can hear God's direction above all the noise.

So what I'd say to you is this.

Planning's good, but planning for opportunities or problems you can't predict is even better.

You have to have margin to do it.

And so margin isn't accidental.