You’ve heard the old saying “There’s no limit to what can be accomplished if it doesn’t matter who gets the credit.”
That is absolutely true.
Yet, in every realm of life there are, unfortunately, occasions when things do not get done because some are unwilling to support it because it wasn’t their idea. Why is this a problem?
Sometimes it’s someone “new” making a proposal and they are perceived to be a threat to someone who has been there for some time. The person who has been there for a while is unwilling to support a good, new idea because they are threatened by the new employee. Instead of feeling threatened, be a team player.
Nobel Prize winner Charles H. Townes illustrates this well. He comments, “It’s like the beaver told the rabbit as they stared up at the immense wall of Hoover Dam, ‘No, I didn’t actually build it myself. But it was based on an idea of mine.’”
Be willing to share the credit for ideas.
Ask the Lord to give you the peace to be open to new things God may want to do.