#3 - Thinking That I Could Do Things Better Than Other People—Thus Causing Me To Either Not Delegate OR Micromanage.
All leaders have a problem…we all think we can do (fill in the blank) better than the person who is doing it.
And…I would say that is a part of what God put into us as leaders. However, when we begin to constantly act on that belief it can cripple our church and demoralize those who work with us.
No one on the planet will ever do things the way I would do them. That is why it is totally necessary for me to make sure we always hire the best people possible, POUR extreme amounts of vision into them and cut them loose. That’s how the kingdom advances!
#4 - Wanting To Be Discovered Rather Than Being Devoted!
I believe that success is one of the most dangerous things that God could allow a person to have.
When NewSpring began to experience growth and God’s favor…I really felt like the rest of the church world needed to see what we were doing. I became obsessed with who (or who didn’t) know my name in the conference circles. I was hyper focused on how many hits my blog was getting. Basically…the ministry became WAY more about me and WAY less about Jesus.
Then the reality of John 3:30 hit me like a TON of bricks.
In 2005 I nearly lost my life…and it caused me to refocus on what really matters. At the end of the day I could really care less who knows my name…or who reads my blog…or if I ever speak at another conference. I am passionate about the four C’s…
- Christ
- Cretia
- Charisse
- Church
That’s it…at the end of the day I want to passionately love Jesus, love my wife like He loves me, love my little girl in a way that, when she gets old enough to really know me that she respects me…and lead NewSpring Church under the direction of HIS Holy Spirit to enlarge HIS kingdom and push back the gates of hell.