3 Ways to Sabotoge Your Ministry - Richard Chancy

I read this small article and it might bless you as a leader.

3 Ways to Sabotage Your Ministry 
by Richard Chancy

As a leader you have many responsibilities, not the least of which are building the culture and the brand of your organization. I believe:

Culture is the leader's heart reflected in an organization.
Brand is the bi-product of culture by way of the offering.

Maybe that's why Seth Godin's blog yesterday caught my attention. He made the statement:

"Just imagine how much you'd get done if you stopped actively sabotaging your own work"

Here are 3 ways I actively sabotage my work.

1. Failing to Prioritize - I know what the 3 highest return activities I can engage in are. I write them down every Sunday morning when I do my weekly review so I won't forget to build my schedule around them. That's not the problem. The problem is actively engaging on those priorities through out the week.

2. Technology Time Suck - Social Media has become a huge part of how I add value to my clients and prospective clients. That's a good thing. The challenge comes with how much time it's possible to waste simply by being distracted from your priorities. Like trying to make that twitter link on your blog actually go to your twitter account. Or getting "Liked" on Facebook. (I can't help myself)

3. Venting - I've had to get mid-evil on praying about this. Venting is not only a waste of time, but its a waste of your emotional energy. If you want to talk to someone about a problem, talk to the someone who can do something about it. When you're talking to anyone else you're sabotaging yourself.

"When words are many, sin is not absent. He who holds his tongue is wise"

What is that in your hand?

 

We look at history and see a myriad of people, an array of individuals that simply were not the typical "hero types" in the eyes of most individuals. In those cracks we can be sure to find God at work bringing His plan to the surface through mistakes and mishaps.  It’s through those miracles and mistakes that we find some of the greatest gems reflecting God’s love for each of us.

Exodus 4:1-5 (NIV)
1 Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you’?”

2 Then the Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied.

3 The Lord said, “Throw it on the ground.” Moses threw it on the ground and it became a snake, and he ran from it. 

4 Then the Lord said to him, “Reach out your hand and take it by the tail.” So Moses reached out and took hold of the snake and it turned back into a staff in his hand.

Sometimes we have to realize that the miracle CANNOT HAPPEN until we release what is in our hand. Therefore, what is in your hand?  Be obedient to God will and you will not regret it.

The cost of obedience is nothing when compared with the cost of disobedience.

P.Tony