Leadership

‎"My own conviction is that the flesh is still so strong in the Christian leader that each of us needs a healthy fear of our own capacity for ruining the work of God with our unconscious pride...a pastor really needs to be broken before God every day, or he will break up the church of God with his willfulness or let it slip into spiritual death through his sloth." - Jack Miller

I've been focusing a lot on the concept of leadership the last few months and I'll confess I'm overwhelmed by the things I'm reading, including all the Scripture devoted to the idea. I've thought of myself as an enthusiastic, self-starter. In reality, I'm probably more over-zealous at times than I should be and prone to work in my own strength, which is not the mark of a good leader. I added the following two verses to my computer's desktop. They will be the first thing I see each day before I start work.

Exodus 18:18 "You and the people with you will certainly wear yourselves out, for the thing is too heavy for you. You are not able to do it alone."



2 Corinthians 4:5 "For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake."


I was reminded by an article that Jesus did not die to make me a great leader and pastor, but to make me His son. That is always more than enough! May he give me the grace to be patient, encouraging, humble, and better at listening - and none of it for my glory!