Why Christian Leaders Fail: Reason Ten
FAILURE TO LEARN TO BE ALONE
Be still and know I am God. Psalm 46:10
Leadership is lonely. The longer I live and the more I lead the more cognizant I am of this reality.
Good leaders make decisions. Decisions that are difficult, and often misunderstood. In these economic times, those decisions may affect someone’s livelihood and family.
Those are times when you walk alone. However, you are not alone. God wants to be your constant companion. A Christian leader has the incredible gift of the Father. The One to whom you can turn when it is impossible to go anywhere else.
Many leaders fail because they don’t take time to get away. Those can be times of fasting, silence, devotional and scripture reading, prayer and journaling. When Bev died, just over two years ago, I began a practice of personal retreats that allowed me to grieve, to grow and to move forward. I would not trade those times for any experience in my Christian life. God has met me in special ways.
Test me O Lord and try me; examine my mind and my heart. Psalm 26:2
But He knows the way that I take; When He has tested me, I will come forth as gold. Job 23:10
Filed under: Articles on March 9th, 2009