Plato once said, “The beginning is the most important part of the work.”
The way leaders begin the work has a far greater impact on reaching the overall goal(s) than we might care to admit.
It applies to how we begin a family.
It applies to how we begin each day.
It applies to how we begin a conversation with someone about studying the Bible.
It applies to how we begin a class, sermon or an article / post.
How important was the beginning when God created?
How important was the beginning when Christ came to this earth?
How important was the beginning of the church?
This is so true. I’ve seen it time and again on the mission field. It seems to be especially evident in mistakes that are made at the beginning of a work. They seem to be difficult to root out.