I'm at
a Christian leadership conference and something I heard reminded me of an
important thought. In Christian leadership there is a temptation to come up
with our own personal plans and schemes—clever ideas we initiate for one reason
or another. And we attribute these plans and schemes to God. In other words, we
are tempted to dress up our own personal ideas in God language in order to make
the ideas credible with those we are leading.
We tend
to do this because one of the dangers of Christian leadership is the belief
that it is all about accomplishment… our impressive accomplishments, to be more
specific. That's what makes us feel good. Accomplishment affirms our
self-esteem. I know what it's like to give in to this temptation.
What is
hard for us Christian leaders to understand is that it's really not all about
our accomplishments. By the way, the previous sentence you just read is
actually a repugnant and ridiculous thought for many people in the world of
leadership, including Christian leadership.
Please
understand I’m not against accomplishment. Accomplishment is a good thing. This
is not an anti-accomplishment rant. What I’m trying to communicate, however, is
that accomplishment is not the most important aspect of Christian leadership.
The most important aspect of Christian leadership is twofold: being called by
God and being obedient to God. If a Christian leader is not called to
leadership by God and acting in obedience to Him the accomplishments will,
ultimately, be hollow.
I’m
posting this here because my leadership efforts have been thwarted by my own
ego on more than one occasion. So, I need to see this and be reminded of it: Be
attentive and obedient to God and let the Holy Spirit bring the accomplishment.
#GLS15
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