Wayne Cordeiro writes in “Leading on Empty”:
[Struggling with burnout], I had a poignant dream of a man and his family who ran a small farm. In this dream, people were buying various products: one bought a gallon of milk, another ripe tomatoes, then another cheese, others eggs or corn.
A lady came and asked for something they didn't have, but the farmer simply said, "Come back tomorrow, and I'll have more." The irate lady gave the farmer a sour look, but it didn't bother him. He just went back to work. That was how it was on the farm. Chickens can lay just so many eggs in a day, cows have just so much milk, and a few more tomatoes will ripen tomorrow.
Yet people still came, standing in line for the products, buying up all the products until the farmer sold out for the day. This happened every day because this particular farm offered the freshest and finest goods. And when they ran out (as they inevitably would), the farmer would say, "Come back tomorrow, and I'll have more."
I woke up from that dream with a new view of life and ministry. I don't have to tie myself to an imaginary, unrelenting cycle to produce more, make more … . I have just so much time in the day, and I want to do what I can with all of my heart involved. When the clock runs out, then I say, "Come back tomorrow, and I'll have more."
