Leadership in the Balance
Our leadership comes directly out of our understanding of God’s character. You may or may not believe that, but I hold to that as a core belief in my life – as I understand God’s character to be, so will I lead. I do that imperfectly, not only in practice, but also in my understanding of God’s character. Often times, our view of God is incredibly imbalanced. Becoming too focused on “Grace” creates a loose, or at worst, a non-existant pursuit of holiness. Becoming too focused on his judgment creates a fear-based religion. As we talked about on Sunday, you cannot have a God of love without having a God of anger. It is impossible to love something without having anger. Why? Let me make this easy – imagine someone punching your child. I hope that stirred anger, it does for me. Why? Because I love my kids. If I did not love them, I would not care about how people treated them.
God balances love and anger perfectly. I do not. Somehow, we have to hold these seemingly opposing characteristics of God in balance. As we do, we learn to lead in the same manner.
Leading out of God’s character will dramatically effect your performance at your job. It will change how you relate to your spouse and children. It will influence your time spent with friends and neighbors. It will guide us as leaders within the Pathways community.
Join us over the next six weeks as we discuss “Leadership in the Balance”.