Legacy Leaders…making an Impact
Pastors are busy! The priority of raising up the ministry and leaders can find itself placed on a back burner. It becomes another issue requiring attention. Some leaders like keeping the circle of authority small for control purposes. Fear drives that mindset; it is not kingdom-minded. Others say they do not have the time. They need to delegate; these things consume their time.
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Effective leaders are visionaries who take people towards a destination.
This requires taking a risk to move toward what they envision. Critics will rise and attempt to stop or impede any forward movement.
Critics come from 2 camps. First camp: most critics that emerge have no authority or jurisdiction to make any judgments at all; or cannot offer viable solutions. (Opinions are not necessarily solutions.) As these people have no responsibility to make something succeed, leaders must shut out this avenue of criticism. 2nd camp: Peers or ‘wannabes’. A leader should ask, “Is their criticism based on a truth? Does it stem from jealously or do they want to exert control over people?”
Identify the events unfolding in your life while in a ‘wilderness’ experience.
The wilderness experience in a leader’s life can easily be misinterpreted, derailing us from our direction, purpose, and mandate.
The wilderness season is a revealer of where I have set my confidence. Periodically it reveals that my trust is lacking. Leaders, it is urgent that we figure out and recognize the indicators of the landscape of our being. This will permit us to emerge from this stage with a heightened capacity and perspective.
