I have said time and time again, when I hear preachers say that you typically hear from God in small whispers, unfortunately this doesn't seem to work for me. My brain activity and ADHD that I've self diagnosed myself with requires more than a whisper or I miss it. God has been faithful to me to speak through His scriptures. I have been praying scripture for the past month and over the past three days there are two verses that God has shown me and had others speak to me over and over again. The first one is Philippians 1:6 -" Being CONFIDENT of this that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." The other is Psalm 23:4 - "We walk through the valley of the shadow of death... and He is with me." Leading strong requires a confidence in Philippians 1:6 that He will carry it through to the end. We must lead with that sense of destiny that God has planted in each of us who are called to lead. As leaders we must see everything in the shadow of God. We must see everything in the bigger picture. Why-because pain comes. Pain that causes you to question and causes you to doubt and causes you to wonder why you should even bother. I read a blog post tonight (follow the link to read it too)that blew me away. When you read it you will see that God spoke through this amazing Pastor to me and I'm guessing that I'm not the only one that experiences pain in leadership but this certainly put it in perspective for me. My hearts desire is to "accomplish something significant for God" and well if pain is what is required to do that then so be it and I REJOICE in it!
