I started out before the leadership summit thinking through the tension that exist between being an organizational technician and a spiritual sage. The summit ended well with Bill Hybels addressing that tension.
He said that the laws of leadership are important and most of the time they dovetail nicely with the demands of discipleship. But there are times when the laws of leadership collide with the demands of discipleship and discipleship must win every time.
Bill Hybels said "We are building churches not Fortune 100 companies. We are dealing with destinies, not dollars. We are disciples of Jesus and citizens of the kingdom of heaven 1st. We should be in the habit of listening to the Holy Spirit, then we will hear His voice during the collision of leadership and discipleship and can follow Him."
Ronnie commented on my first leadership summit post and said that we can be both organization technicians and spiritual sages and I believe that he is right. Be a strong leader, because the church needs good strong leadership. Strong leadership is written all over the stories of the Bible. But leave room for God because often He says "I will do it in such a way that only the Most High could have accomplished when the best of human leadership would have failed."
Good leadership is influencing folks to follow God's direction anyway.
The Leadership Summit caused me to reflect on myself. It inspired me to lead by influence in relationship. It was well worth going.
Tuesday, August 17, 2004
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