LEAD – Gary Haugen – Just Courage, Charging the Darkness

Leadership that matters to God

Leadership in endeavors and issues that matter to God.
Just because I’m leading and people are following, doesn’t mean that I’m leading in things that matter to God.
Are Jesus and I on the same page?

We’re the plan

You are the light of the world, let your light so shine among men that they’ll give glory to the father.
We’re the ones that get to share the good news, that get to be the good news.
When people in pain see the body of Christ show up, then they actually can believe that God is good.

Injustice

The Big Idea: “If you want your leadership to matter, lead in the things that matter to God.”

This is the pivot point for great leadership.
Leadership that matters, matters precisely when the calling is hopeless, scary and hard.

What have we learned about leading when the task seems Hopeless?

By re-centering the basis of our hope
Jesus asks his disciples, “What do you have; will you give it to me?”
He doesn’t ask for what is needed, he asks what we have, and he will be responsible for getting it done.

What have we learned about leading when the task seems Scary?

Lead by reminding the people of God that Jesus did not come to make us safe, he came to make us brave.
Safety=Stuck
God asks us to follow him beyond what we can control. Do it, and you will experience the adventure.

What have we learned about leading when the task seems Hard?

Bring people to a place where it is absolutely unsafe to go without God. They will either go with, or fall away.

How then should we choose to lead:

Choose not to be safe
Choose to pursue deep spiritual health
Choose to pursue excellence (let us be the generation of church leaders that resets the bar for excellence)
Choose to seize the joy

Pray that God would rescue us from all things petty.