Leadership causes insecurities to rise to the surface. And if we’re not careful we’ll make decisions based on what’s best for our ego vs what’s best for the glory of God and the good of His kingdom. Here’s the first way we can overcome insecurity…<\/p>\n
BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT SURROUNDING YOURSELF WITH BRIGHT CAPABLE PEOPLE.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n An insecure leader feels threatened by talent. Take King Saul for example. He felt threatened by young David. Instead of harnessing David’s abilities and using them for the good of the kingdom, Saul tried to eliminate David. How different was King Pharaoh’s approach. When he discovered Joseph, even though Joseph wasn’t Egyptian, he harnessed his talents and put them to work for the good of his kingdom.<\/p>\n When we look at the life of Jesus we see that he worked hard to put together a great team. The Bible says that Jesus stayed up all night long praying about and thinking through who he would invite onto his team. And let me tell you – these guys were no slouches. How do we know? Well, when Jesus ascended back to heaven after his crucifixion they started what has become a world wide movement that\u2019s lasted over 2,000 years. I that speaks to their credentials. I mean – one of these guys led 3,000 people to faith on his first sermon – and then saw every one of them water baptized! These guys were no slouches. If you study history you\u2019ll always discover that the vanguard – the leaders at the forefront of a movement – are always<\/em> bright and capable people. Think of the people who led the American Revolution (George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, etc). The vanguard are always bright, capable people and this is how it was with Jesus\u2019 disciples. And this is how we want it with our team. We want people who are full of the Holy Spirit and are bright and capable. Just because you’re full of the Holy Spirit doesn’t automatically make you\u00a0the sharpest tool in the shed (so to speak). If the guys in Acts 6 were only<\/em> full of the Holy Spirit and weren’t bright, the Grecian widows would have continued<\/em> to be overlooked in the daily distribution of bread!<\/p>\n Because I\u2019m insecure I\u2019m tempted to hire down, not up. But I\u2019ve learned to overcome this insecurity by making it a rule to surround myself with bright and capable people as much as possible. In the early days of New Day I surrounded myself with bright, capable volunteers<\/i>. As the church grew I hired bright, capable staff. This hasn\u2019t come naturally to me so I\u2019ve had to be very intentional about it. I just brought on a PT person for help with financial data entry and social media. She\u2019s got a masters degree in psychophysiology and biofeedback, with a Ph.D. in social and personality psychology. Now I\u2019m barely smart enough to pronounce most of those words that she\u2019s earned a degree in! But I want people like her on my team. She loves Jesus and she\u2019s really bright! I want to surround myself with people like her!<\/p>\n What\u2019s best for my ego is to hire down because then I\u2019ll always be the smartest, most capable person in the room.\u00a0What\u2019s best for my ego is to hire down because then I\u2019ll always feel good about how smart and capable I am compared to the people I surround myself with.\u00a0What\u2019s best for my ego is to hire down so that I never feel threatened.\u00a0But that\u2019s not what\u2019s best for the glory of God and the good of His kingdom and we always need to make decisions in light of what\u2019s best for God\u2019s kingdom and not what\u2019s best for our ego.<\/p>\n For your church to reach maturity you must overcome insecurity by being intentional about surrounding yourself with bright, capable people.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Leadership causes insecurities to rise to the surface. 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