THE Relationship

Last week I attended the Leadership Summit put on by Willow Creek. I wrote down lots of quotes and I will share some of those in future blogs. But coming away from it I feel it was a homerun event for my life for 2 reasons. One is personal and relates to personal internal changes and personal life goals. I will not share these with the world, but I have shared them with my wife. In any case, I say this to say that leadership requires first self-leadership. I encourage all to look internally and find something that needs change and work toward making the change.

The second life changer for me was on a broader scale. I remembered the reason why for saying yes to the call I felt from God to enter pastoral ministry. In essence, yes to the call did not come because from a desire to do some big ministry thing or because of an internal need to give pastoral care to people or any other ministry reason you might think of. Rather, I remember the incredible grace filled relationship that I found with God through Jesus Christ and the deep desire to let others know about it. Leadership and ministry and all the things we do therein are only tools to point us toward God and a relationship with God through Christ.

I hope you have found this relationship.

Peace