Imagine asking 3 Christian leaders what their God-given organizational mission is. Imagine you got the following 3 responses:

1. To look busy.
2. To be busy.
3. To be productive.

How would you feel? I'd be stunned. And I'd feel discouraged and sad. Why? In part, because these Christian leaders have confused indicators of carrying out the mission with the mission itself. That's dangerous.
 
It's true that carrying out your God-given mission involves action:

• This means you might be busy. But being busy isn't the mission. God's ultimate goal for your organization is not to look busy or to be busy. If you fall into the trap of wanting to look busy or thinking that busyness equals your God-given mission, you can end up being overloaded.
• This means you will need to be productive. But God's mission for your Christian organization is not simply about being productive. What your productivity targets matters a great deal. If you fall into the trip of striving for productivity (instead mission), you might be doing a lot of good things that don't target your God-given mission.

Remember, your God-given mission is not:

1. To look busy.
2. To be busy.
3. To be productive.

Bottom line: Don't equate your God-given mission with busyness or productivity.