Lead Strong: Leadership Lessons From The Bible - Part 2Sample

Lead Strong: Leadership Lessons From The Bible - Part 2

DAY 22 OF 33

Leaders are Committed

Let’s be honest. There are tough times in our lives as leaders when we really struggle with commitment. Someone says something negative to us or about us. Our best plan falls apart. We are up against a deadline and we’re stressed because it feels like we’ll never meet it. We feel guilty because our leadership role takes too much time away from our families. We want to crawl in a hole and give up. We’ve all been there.

We can learn so much about commitment from Ruth. Ruth really had very little reason to stay committed to her mother-in-law, Naomi, after her husband, Naomi’s son, died. She could have just said, “I’m sorry for our loss, Naomi, but it’s time for me to go back to my own home. I wish you luck.” But she didn’t do this. Even when Naomi practically demanded that Ruth leave, she stayed. Even when Naomi’s other daughter-in-law chose to leave. Ruth was committed to Naomi and to whatever the future would bring - good or bad.

So, how do we stay committed as leaders when it’s tough? Here are two things to help:

1. Look ahead, not around. Fix your eyes on Jesus and to the calling on your life. Don’t let anyone’s words or actions cause you to leave the role you’re in. Allow God to show you when your season is up, not a person.
2. Own your feelings, don’t let them own you. One of the things that causes us to not stay committed is our feelings. Feelings are a wonderful thing but so often they just flat out mislead us. You’ve heard a married person say about his/her spouse, “I’m just not in love with you anymore” shortly before he walks out. Just because we feel something doesn’t mean it’s from God.

When tough times hit us, let’s be committed like Ruth. Even when it’s difficult and uncomfortable. Even when it hurts and makes us angry. In a world where commitment seems to be tossed out the proverbial window on any occasion, let’s be leaders who are true to our God. Just because it’s a difficult journey does not mean it isn’t also a good one.

By Janet Findley

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Lead Strong: Leadership Lessons From The Bible - Part 2

The Bible is a classroom. It is filled with stories that will teach us what to emulate and what not to do as well. Join us as we dig into the scriptures and look for the lessons God wants to teach us through men and women from the Bible that will take our leadership to the next level.

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