The Daisy Cutter Doctrine
10/02/09 08:34 AM
A couple of weeks ago Tim and I got together to watch a free leadership webinar called THE NINES. It was a one-day event held on 9/9/09. The wonderful folks from Leadership Network asked over 75 leaders, "If you had just nine minutes to share with church leaders, what would you tell them."
We didn't have the time to catch all the speakers (the event lasted for 11 straight hours). But of the ones I did catch, most of them had some really worthwhile insights to share. But out of all them, the one that spoke to me the most, was the message by Skye Jethani. He challenged us to remember that our legitimacy as servants of Christ does not come from the impact of our ministry. Our legitimacy comes from the fact that we are a child of God, holy and dearly loved.
It was especially convicting (and encouraging!) to be reminded that the outcomes of ministry do not belong to us – they belong to the Father. We're called to abandon the outcomes to the Lord. Our calling is to deeply commune with Jesus – to experience His love, forgiveness, grace and power in our lives – and then to obedienty do what He's calling us to do, while abandoning the outcomes to Him. Wow! Amen! (If you're reading this in an RSS reader, you'll need to click this link to see the video).
We didn't have the time to catch all the speakers (the event lasted for 11 straight hours). But of the ones I did catch, most of them had some really worthwhile insights to share. But out of all them, the one that spoke to me the most, was the message by Skye Jethani. He challenged us to remember that our legitimacy as servants of Christ does not come from the impact of our ministry. Our legitimacy comes from the fact that we are a child of God, holy and dearly loved.
It was especially convicting (and encouraging!) to be reminded that the outcomes of ministry do not belong to us – they belong to the Father. We're called to abandon the outcomes to the Lord. Our calling is to deeply commune with Jesus – to experience His love, forgiveness, grace and power in our lives – and then to obedienty do what He's calling us to do, while abandoning the outcomes to Him. Wow! Amen! (If you're reading this in an RSS reader, you'll need to click this link to see the video).
