In the performance spaces hope has taken on a negative connotation. Hope is viewed as passive, hope is viewed as weak, and hope doesn’t drive results. It is much more attractive to talk about mastering our fate, controlling our destiny, or manifesting our desires.
There are moments on our journey in which the weight of what we have been carrying becomes exhausting. The weight of leadership. The weight of decision making, culture building, organizing, and striving.
There are consequences to our actions. Real consequences! God wants nothing more than to walk alongside us in our transformational journey, but he won’t unless we are fully committed to him. We can’t be fore God only when we need him, and expect him to be with us always.
We are trying so hard to be special and unique in the eyes of someone else, that we forget that we are special and unique in the eyes of God. We have all been blessed uniquely. We’re not the only one capable of doing God’s work, but we are the only ones capable of doing our work for God.
Who have you told? How are you acknowledging all the amazing things God has done for you? Are you aware of all the things he is currently doing for you?
At the peak of his ministry Jesus still prioritized communion with God. He “often” withdrew. The use of his time reflected his priorities. What about you? If we were to evaluate how you spent your time the past couple weeks what would we learn about you?
Leadership is the lifelong commitment to serving God. The best leaders live in service to God. God came to redeem us! To reclaim our value to the kingdom, so we could serve him without fear. God gave us that option, but we must choose it daily.
What is your endgame?
Leading, coaching, teaching, training, parenting. What is it all leading to?
As transformational leaders, we all recognize our desperate need to be filled and sustained in order to lead, coach, teach, train, and parent well. We know that it is nearly impossible to make good on our desire to lead if we are relying entirely on our own strength day after day, year after year.
We have a money problem. This is a hard truth that most of us try to ignore for as long as possible. We all believe we’re different. That we’re uniquely qualified to navigate the tensions that exist between the worldly pursuit of wealth and the complete surrender to God’s will.
We can only talk about doing something for so long. Eventually, those discussions must become decisions, and those decisions must become actions. If any of this is going to matter, at some point, we must do the work.