Waiting on the Lord
Have you ever been in a season where you felt stuck? Not because of anything you did wrong, but simply because nothing seemed to be moving forward, no matter how hard you pushed. It can be hard to know what to do with that feeling. We are wired to get things done. Waiting doesn’t come naturally, and sometimes it can feel like we have been forgotten. But waiting is baked into the Christian life. Isaiah says: “[T]hose who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow [...]
Watching Out for “Hurry”
It’s rarely a crisis that pulls us away from our deepest intentions. More often, it’s the back-to-back demands of a full life that slowly crowd out the things we care about most. Paul wrote, “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,” (Colossians 3:23, NIV). The problem is that even when we want to work with all our heart for God, the demands of a full life have a way of quietly putting this desire aside. In other words, it’s easy to forget. Dallas Willard put his finger [...]
The Real Bottom Line
Every leader I know tracks numbers. Revenue. Attendance. Headcount. Growth. There's nothing wrong with that. Data matters. But here's a question worth asking every day: What am I really optimizing for? It's easy, almost imperceptible, how the urgent crowds out the eternal. A full calendar. A tough quarter. A difficult personnel decision. Suddenly, the kingdom feels abstract, and the movement of business feels very real. But Jesus doesn't leave us guessing about priorities: "[S]eek first his kingdom and his righteousness…" Not second. Not when things settle down. First. A.W. Tozer put it plainly: "We are called to an everlasting [...]
