#2 - “It’s All About Jesus,” to, “It’s All About Me!”
Leadership CAN be intoxicating…especially when things are moving up and to the right. The overwhelming temptation is to begin to take personal credit for all that is going on.
NOTHING could be more dangerous for the church than this!
It’s easy to be “all about Jesus” when we begin ministry, heck, we don’t have anything! However, when crowds begin to gather, buildings are built and staff are employeed a huge transition is tempted with is, “I can handle this!”
And we can’t!
When we begin to fall into the “all about me” trap there is always a pressure to perform. The next series HAS to be better than the last one. You can’t rest on Sunday night because you are thinking about how next weeks message can be better. Your next blog post has to have more hits than ever before…
The focus is shifted from the power of God to our ability to perform…and eventually that will kill the drive of every leader out there every time.
Hold on! It’s not wrong to desire to preach great messages and have captivating series that people can invite others to…but when THOSE things become the proverbial tail that wags the dog—SERIOUS problems emerge.
Our goal, as leaders, should be to make the name of Jesus famous—period.