Posted in Desire, Leadership, tagged 1st Timothy 03 on February 1, 2011| Leave a Comment »
“If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work” – 1st Timothy 3:1
I have been in churches where expressing a desire to lead made one suspect. Everyone just knew a calling was something not to desire but surrender under duress.
Paul had no such ideas. God moves through holy desire, and so should we.
– fritz
Posted in Leadership, Listening, tagged Proverbs 18 on September 5, 2010| Leave a Comment »
“He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.” – Proverbs 18:13
There is something perverse about human nature, more often than not we begin with a solution before we really understand the problem.
At work a team forms and decides the best way forward, then hires a consultant.
A ministry team forms and the leader, someone truly gifted in personal one-on-one ministry, does the teaching while the teachers are assigned one-on-one ministry.
A church group decides to build a prayer garden for God, but does not visit prayer gardens or consult those that use them before construction begins.
Wise leadership starts with hearing and understanding BEFORE answering, even when hearing takes longer than desired. God doesn’t need our solutions, he wants our listening.
– fritz@langgang.com
Posted in Leadership, tagged Matthew 20 on August 6, 2010| Leave a Comment »
“[T]he rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, … but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant … just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.” – Jesus (Matthew 20:25b-26, 28 NKJV)
Jesus pulled his disciples aside for a much needed leadership lesson. But he wasn’t telling them how to become leaders, as many interpret this passage, he was telling them what kind of leaders to become.
We who respond to God’s heart pull to follow Christ have already been chosen for leadership,1 the focus now is how to become a good leader.
– fritz
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