If you play golf, you’ve probably heard or seen the old infomercials for “The Perfect Club.” Peter Kessler, the spokesman, is pretty well know for it. But before that, Peter was one of the original hosts of The Golf Channel.

I am told that Peter used to be a great golfer. The story goes like this:

Peter, when he lived in NY (a cold place where golf isn’t possible year round) was a legitimate 2 hcp. He shot 75 at Doral from the tips the day he went to work for the Golf Channel.

Soon after, he began to get professional help. He hosted “Golf Academy Live” for TGC. After 600 shows, he had visited with 400+ coaches and had received 50,000 swing tips. How much did his game improve? He couldn’t break 100!

One day, an instructor told him that his left hand knuckles ought to be pointed down at impact. He said, “I had never thought about which way my knuckles were pointing…” The very next day, another instructor – unprompted – told him that his knuckles ought to be pointing up at impact…).

Do you ever find yourself looking for the perfect solution to a problem, only to find that your quest for perfection keeps you busy analyzing, and never actually doing anything?

A wise man once told me: “I would rather go ahead and try to solve a problem with 80% of the answer, than sit around and wait until I have 100% of the answer before doing anything.”

That’s not a universal rule, but it sure seems like a good one for our lives (and for the church).

Try something. Don’t just sit and think.

Better to attempt to do good with 80% of the answer than to do nothing while waiting for perfection.