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leadership
You feel you’ve arrived. Your obedience to God has brought you to be famous in the eyes of men. If God has given you victories and conquer your battles for you, keep giving the glory to Him. You never become too successful to talk to God. You never become too prominent to surrender to God…
I wanted to run away from my calling. it has been an extremely difficult path that constantly humbles me to my knees.
Fear has taken a grip on me. The fear is not fearing personal failure as it once had been. It’s the fear of risking the livelihood of 30 other people in the team.
These are 3 things to hold on to when you want to quit your calling:
I prayed to God to surround me with people who can hold my hand as I lift up my staff as Moses did for the Israelites in battle. I asked the Lord three times for Him to remove the thorn in my flesh. Yet He chose not to—and said, “My grace is sufficient, for My power is made perfect in your weakness.” So He often just gave me the gift of Himself.
"You’re not fast enough. You’re not big enough. You’re not profitable enough,” dictates culture. Even if you’re probably doing everything right, there’s constant pressure to how you’re supposed to run the race. It drove me to work really long hours. The over-time consequence? I am unable to rest and undividedly "waste time” with the Lord. Always distracted. Always hurried.
The work is certainly rewarding, though it is hard work. Not that it is difficult because God calls me to do things I am not equipped for — rather He has been kind to sharpen the gifts in me—, it is hard because it is tiring. God does equip me, but there are definitely days where things are overwhelming.
The higher the climb, the greater the dependence, and the greater the discipline.
Leadership is scary. How freeing then, that in our fears, all God calls us is to be obedient and attentive as He lead us into the good future He has for us (Jer 29:11).
