Continuing where I left off yesterday, I want to share with you another observation I made while on vacation at Disney World. 

The people at Disney are always building, improving, or replacing something in order to make Disney World better.  They are never satisfied with how things are and they are constantly thinking about ways to make their attractions and resorts better than ever.

This mindset originates from the founder himself, Walt Disney.  He once said, “Whenever I ride an attraction, I’m thinking of what’s wrong with the thing and asking myself how it can be improved.”

Walt’s attitude still lives on in the management team of Disney.  In the last year or so, I’ve noticed that in the Magic Kingdom area alone, Disney has renovated the classic ride “it’s a small world”, updated the fun “Pirates of the Caribbean” ride, and added a whole new attraction called, “The Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor”.   On top of that, I’ve noticed several other areas fenced off and labeled with this sign:  “This area being improved for your future enjoyment.”

Now, all this begs the question.  “Why would you go about messing with a place like Disney World that has so much history and success attached to it?”  I’ll let Walt himself answer that question.  “We can ill afford to rest on our laurels, even to pause in retrospect.  Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future.”

The application for us as a church is simple.  We must be willing to do whatever it takes to improve our current environments, update our facilities regularly, and when it’s called for, to replace something that isn’t working with something better.  And we must do this, not because Disney does it, but because God wants and deserves our best.