Leadership in Context

How does Truth work? First you are a believer, then you continue in the Word, then you are a disciple, THEN you know the Truth. The only way to truly know the Truth is through that process. When the Truth gets on the inside of you, not just around you or preached to you, then the Truth sets you free.

Truth is absolute. Truth is not subject to change. Truth is not measured in the now; Truth is measured in eternity. Facts are accurate but are subject to change. Truth is accurate and is not subject to change. You cannot change Truth. Truth will always be true. 

When you make outward, subjective judgments, you diminish what Jesus did on the cross. If we don’t preach the judgment of God, there will be a lack of depth of conversion because people don’t really comprehend what Jesus did for them. Judgment and forgiveness cannot be separated. 

Does Jesus judge people? Jesus’ mission was to not bring judgment. His mission was to break the judgment that was over us. If people don’t receive that mission, they stay under judgment.

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In everything we do, there’s this one thing we should always do—forget what’s behind us and look forward. When we look forward and not behind, we can press toward the goal of the prize. If we are pressing forward, the prize is that God will always be calling us to greater things. The prize is God trusting you. The prize is peace, knowing you are obeying God. 

You get stronger when you lift weights. If you run away from any of the pain points in leadership, you won’t get stronger in them. You will only get stronger when you press through them.

Leadership is ministry; it’s serving. The God of Heaven, the God that spoke the galaxies into existence, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the sender of the Holy Spirit trusts you to do great things in His Name. We need to treat that like it is a privilege all the time.

Five things to maintain relational integrity--Recognize that your own personal preferences are not Scripture. Give forgiveness to others just as freely as you have received from the Lord. Empathize with people, not their performance. Remember who people are to God. Remember who they are to you and your relationship with them.

If we don’t process the “stuff” from people and keep our hearts soft, then we aren’t really operating out of the flow of the Holy Spirit. Scripture directs us in how to keep our heart pure with other people. Bear with one another. Forgive each other, just as the Lord forgave us. Put on love, the perfect bond of unity.

Forgiveness is not intellectual. It is an opening of our spirit, allowing the Holy Spirit to wash through us and out to others the same forgiveness that we so desperately depend on. One of the greatest things that has to happen in leaders is the ability to maintain a clean heart by really forgiving people and releasing them from their offenses.