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February 21 - March 5, 2020
We, like all other leaders, are limited to the same twenty-four-hour day.
our time is in God’s hands.
we can only exercise stewardship over the time we are given.
The Christian leader knows that a day of judgment is coming, when every minute of our lives will be exposed to God’s righteous judgment. That is a sobering thought, but it underlines the importance of our faithfulness in the stewardship of the time we are given.
Leaders have to be available, but no one can be available at all times. The effective leader learns how to be available at the right times—the times that will make the most difference.
I fear that many Christian leaders (including many pastors) have made themselves too unavailable.
Faithful leaders know that time has to be protected or it will be lost.
Followers rarely know what the burden of leadership requires, but they can and do sense whether or not the leader is ready when duty calls, confident in plan and purpose, and anchored in conviction and passionate about the mission.
They may not understand everything the leader does with his time, but they will be able to tell if the leader stewards it well. The proof is in the quality of leadership, and the quality of leadership will...
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some people are morning people and others are night people.
lean into your strengths and compensate for your weaknesses.
Day by day, the leader negotiates the challenge of time, and minute by minute he senses it passing.
The leader knows a time to work and a time to rest, a time to plan and a time to act, a time to read and a time to speak, a time to play and a time to fight.
The Leader’s Goal Is Not Only to Last but to Endure
Corporate CEOs, university presidents, and leaders of all sorts seem to come and go in a revolving door of forgettable leadership. Short terms for leaders are the rule rather than the exception. The average tenure of corporate leaders is amazingly short, and their leadership impact is frighteningly temporary.
If you want to make a lasting difference, you had better make the commitment to endure. Otherwise, your influence will disappear about as fast as the stationery with your name on it.
Paul prayed that the church would be “strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy” (Colossians 1:11). Evidently, patience and endurance and joy belong together. Paul also told Timothy to preach “with complete patience and teaching” (2 Timothy 4:2).
leaders often overestimate what can be accomplished in a single year, but underestimate what can be accomplished in a decade.
Leadership is an endurance test that will demand the best of anyone. Leaders face countless frustrations, mind-boggling complications, and pockets of resistance. It is lonely at the top, and the burdens of leadership can be demoralizing and wearying. Leaders know highs that are unbelievably high, followed by lows that are heartrendingly low.
