I’m a doer. Maybe you are, too. I’m a let’s-make-things-happen kind of guy. I’m also that kind of leader. I’m a fixer, I fix things.
I take life and leadership seriously. I don’t like inaction. I like solving problems; I like forward motion.
But I am acutely aware that there is a shadow side to this approach. I often inflate the importance of my role in situations or take on things that I was not designed to bear. I sometimes believe nothing can or will happen without me strategising, solving, fixing, or expending my energy. I often find myself forcing things when they aren’t going as fast as I had hoped.
The reality is, though, that over the past 2 years I have seen God do far more than I could hope or imagine in Project Nexus. And the things that we talk about, marvel over, and celebrate have far less to do with the things I have driven into action and more to do with what God is doing in, through, and around us as a community.
So what does waiting on God, or dare I say fostering patience, look like for someone like me? (And maybe you?)
To be honest, after 45 years of life and leadership, I’m still learning, but I’m pretty sure it starts with the posture outlined in this verse…
Psalm 37: 5 Commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass.
I need reminding that this is God’s work. That His way is my way. That my trust is in Him, and not my own abilities. And that in His perfect timing, He will bring things to pass.
So, today, I am asking myself a few questions, and I invite you to ask them of yourself, too.
What am I currently forcing in my life and leadership?
What am I trying to hurry along, in my timing and not God’s?
What can I commit to the Lord today?
I invite you to share in the comment section below what God might be saying to you through this verse and these questions.
Remember, we are in this together.
