![]() ![]() Louie Giglio is pastor of Passion City Church and the founder of the Passion movement, which exists to call a generation to leverage their lives for the fame of Jesus.Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. Lead me and use me as an agent for your glory. My daily prayer will be: I don’t know what to do, but my eyes are on you. I humbly bow and ask for your supernatural strength, wisdom and courage so I can endure these days and lead myself and others with faith for the future. Please disrupt my false sense of control and my overblown confidence in my own abilities. In the same way, God is going to deliver you.ĭear God, I lift my eyes to You. With God’s help, Jehoshaphat and his army experienced God’s deliverance in the battle. The king thanked God in advance for the victory God had promised. Then Jehoshaphat did one final thing before heading into the battle-he praised God. Speak with authority because God will not fail. In his Spirit power you can find the power to do what Jehoshaphat did next. Yet, as you go, keep the oxygen of God’s supernatural supply flowing with your every breath. God isn’t asking you to over-spiritualize your situation: “Hey guys, we’re just going to trust God with our enterprise and see what happens! Sit back and relax.”Ĭheck out all the active verbs: Take up your position. Go out to face them tomorrow, and the Lord will be with you” (2 Chron. Take up your positions, stand firm and see the deliverance the Lord will give you. Jehoshaphat was told, “You will not have to fight this battle. This posture of humility is essential because it positions us for supernatural assistance.Ī word came to the king and a battle plan was set in motion. (It doesn’t hurt to say it every once in a while to our closest team leaders, either). But that doesn’t hinder us from privately staying tethered to the reality that we are completely dependent on God. People are looking for stability in their leaders and are counting on us to project confidence in worst-case scenarios like we face today. It’s not always prudent to lead a shareholder call or staff meeting with this confession. Hurricane-forced winds require exceptional leadership-leadership that begins with this plea: God, I don’t know what to do. Or better yet, humility is the place we access God’s supply. You can never show weakness or people will run right over you!” Some object: “You can’t be humble in my line of work. This means facing your limitations and leaning on your Maker. The hallmark of every great leader is the ability to lead oneself. Yet, ultimately, any leader is only as durable as the humility that undergirds them-the humility that drives them to first seek help from the Lord. It’s easy to wake up, survey the landscape, and immediately focus on solving problems, creating opportunities, and marshalling the troops. So often we roll out of bed and start leading the charge. But every leader does have the opportunity to privately seek heaven’s help before leading others into the fray.īy nature, leaders are confident, skilled, and battle tested. We don’t all have the liberty to corporately call our people to seek God. The King prayed this transformational twelve-word prayer- We don’t know what to do, but our eyes are on you. Let’s look closely at the path Jehoshaphat chose.įirst, he called the people to seek God. ![]() So how do we lead through these dark hours? Right now, we’re in the valley of the shadow of death. But that’s going to take time-a long time. We will endure the carnage and emerge from the depths to grow and prosper again. The odds weren’t good for Jehoshaphat, and, honestly, they aren’t that great for a lot of families and businesses right now.ĭeep down, most leaders who have weathered brutal storms know that we’ll get through it. When the Old Testament king Jehoshaphat received word that three armies had conspired together and were coming against him in one massive assault, he made a decisive and unconventional leadership move.Įvery leader around the globe is in a similar predicament.įaced with the three-pronged advance of a global health pandemic, a world economy that’s come to a screeching halt, and the personal crisis of anxiety and fear-what can we learn from this ancient leader that’s applicable today? ![]() We don’t know what to do, but our eyes are on you. ![]()
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