{"id":14681,"date":"2007-07-12T09:40:02","date_gmt":"2007-07-12T09:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/2007\/07\/12\/le-8l4-8l4083\/"},"modified":"2007-07-12T09:40:02","modified_gmt":"2007-07-12T09:40:02","slug":"le-8l4-8l4083","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/le-8l4-8l4083\/","title":{"rendered":"A Leader’s Private Prayers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nI<\/strong>t happened again and again: the\nimpasse, talking in circles, limited information. In my early years, I thought\nall I needed was the best available information and some clear logic to make\nthe best decision. Every good leader wants logic and information for important\ndecisions.<\/p>\n

\nBut as I watched leaders who were consistently effective, I began to notice\nsomething else. Leading well eventually required more than the available\ninformation. The best leaders could sense when that point had been reached.<\/p>\n

\nInstead of expecting to always have the final answer themselves, or otherwise\nforcing the issue to closure, they almost always paused—a moment behind\nclosed eyes, a call for prayer, a break in the meeting, a bit of humor, seeking\nwords from someone who had been silent. The list of methods was endless.<\/p>\n

\nThese leaders did not seem burdened or concerned when they exhausted knowledge\nand reason. The ragged edge that scared others seemed actually to assure\nthem and guide them to wisdom. The best leaders knew after pausing who the\nwise person was for that moment—themselves or someone else. Such wisdom\nis a gift of the Spirit, and it is not lavished on leaders to cover their\nincompetence or indolence.<\/p>\n

\nThis wisdom is the gracious contribution of God to those who truly lead in\norder to serve. It is an answer to sincere prayer.<\/p>\n

\nThe following are prayers for some of those moments.<\/p>\n

\nOwnership<\/strong>\n“Do not be afraid! For the battle is not yours, but God’s” <\/em>(2 Chron.\n20:15).<\/p>\n

\nIt is not my organization, it is yours, so I depend on your Spirit to show\nme what to do. These are not my people. I chose them and organized their\nefforts, but they do not belong to me. You entrusted them to my leadership,\nand they agreed to follow me. They deserve more and sometimes more of me\nthan I can give them. What they really need is enormous. If I take their\nneeds and hopes and fears on myself personally, I will be crushed instantly.\nThey are yours.<\/p>\n

\nSo much depends on me, yet all I have for this task is whatever health and\nenergy you give me—my eyes, ears, back, heart, lungs, knees, hands, feet,\nvoice. I eat carefully, rest, exercise, and think positive thoughts, and\nstill this wretched lump of clay fails me. You have creator’s rights on my\nbody. You formed every miraculous part. What you take away is your business.\nI will do what I can with whatever physical capability you give me. It’s\nyours.<\/p>\n

\nYours is the kingdom, but we never seem to have enough resources! We are\nalways lacking something, our dreams always mocking our reality, our vision\nalways dancing around our poverty. You own everything, so what we need must\nseem small to you. Show me where to look for it, how to know it when I see\nit, how to get it, how to use it best, and especially how to be content with\nit. It is all yours, God. It’s not mine.<\/p>\n

\n

I want my words for others\n
\nto be your words for me.<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nCommunication<\/strong>\n“May the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart be pleasing to\nyou, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer” (Psalm 19:14).<\/em><\/p>\n

\nIt seems like nothing happens silently among us, God; everything requires\nwords. There are so many words for every event, every dream, every meeting,\nevery relationship, and especially every change. In fact, my leading seems\nto be mostly words: the words I hear or read and the words I speak or write.<\/p>\n

\nI want the organization to change in order to change the world, but mostly\nwhat changes is our words. To do things differently, we need different ideas,\nand the ideas need the right words. What power the right words have, God!\nThey bring our inner reality to life and make our external reality\ncomprehensible.<\/p>\n

\nGood words clarify, strengthen, and encourage us. The wrong words confuse\nus and leave us weakened and discouraged. Oh, Lord, give each of us the good\nwords and the good listening we need to be a great organization.<\/p>\n

\nYou are such a listener, God! Help me listen to your Spirit so I will be\nable to listen to the unspoken messages people bring to me. I want to listen\nthe way you do.<\/p>\n

\nMake me genuinely accessible. People come with their words, but they hope\nI will hear their hearts. Whether they speak or write, teach me how to be\ntruly quiet inside and actively listen. Help me open my mind and heart, not\njust my office door. I cannot lead well if I cannot listen well.<\/p>\n

\nI need your messages, for the organization and for those outside. If I speak\nand write accurately and convincingly, people’s ideas will change and the\norganization will advance. If I speak unclearly or weakly, it will all get\nworse. My silence is better than wrong words, so guide me, Lord. Help me\nto hear and to speak the truth in love.<\/p>\n

\nI want my words for others to be your words for me. I know that you do most\nof your teaching and nurturing in my life when you are preparing me to present\nideas to others. I need your Spirit to shape my thoughts. Speak to me, and\nspeak through me.<\/p>\n

\nLet me listen to the words of their spirits. And let me speak words from\nyour Spirit.<\/p>\n

\nCompassion<\/strong>\n“Because of the Lord’s great love, we are not consumed, for his compassions\nnever fail” (Lam. 3:22).<\/em><\/p>\n

\nLord, I am called to lead the whole organization forward, but I am also\nresponsible for the welfare of each person along the way. The organization\nexists to help build great people by serving people’s real needs with excellence.\nWe must start with our own needs, God. For so many of us to labor together\nand serve so many, we need fair policies that express your compassion.<\/p>\n

\nSometimes what seems wise policy for everyone in general also seems to hurt\nsomeone in particular. What is the proper compassion for the individual who\ncannot contribute what we really need in order to reach our goals? If someone\nis not carrying his fair share of the load, it damages and discourages the\nothers. What is the proper compassion for the individual whom we did not\nserve well? If I make a compassionate exception for one employee or one customer,\nI can easily force an unfair hardship on others.<\/p>\n

\nLord, I cannot always discern the genuine problems that we should try to\nalleviate from the imagined or even fraudulent ones. I need your light to\nensure that in attempting to show compassion we aren’t simply being gullible.<\/p>\n

\nI need your Spirit to give me the right sense of compassion. But even more,\nI need keen judgment to balance the needs of each individual member with\nthe needs of all of us together and the needs of those we exist to serve\nin your name.<\/p>\n

\nHelp me to remember that with you mercy always triumphs over judgment. Your\ngoal is for us to become like you, but when we fall short, your banner over\nus is loving compassion. Help me to mirror that compassion, both in policies\nand in exceptions.<\/p>\n

\nGive me the courage to lead with wise compassion.<\/p>\n

\nAnger<\/strong>\n“Don’t sin by letting your anger gain control over you” (Eph. 4:26).<\/em><\/p>\n

\nYou are slow to anger, God. Mine too often and too easily erupts when provocation\nhits, unleashing my sharp tongue or my vengeance. Sometimes it leaves slashing\nscars that never disappear from the souls of those I care about. Turned on\nmyself, my anger leaves me depressed. I need your Spirit to keep it under\ncontrol. Protect me from myself.<\/p>\n

\nWhen my anger burns hot, make me sensitive to what is really happening. If\nI am just venting to relieve my own frustration and insecurity, help me deal\nwith the underlying cause in me. Help me learn the heart habit of pausing\nto check with you when I feel anger rising.<\/p>\n

\nGive me the motivating power of your righteous anger, and purge from me the\npetulant destruction of selfish anger or anger at myself. I want to express\nanger in a way that will motivate people to great accomplishment, not belittle\nthem in order to make me feel better.<\/p>\n

\nI have been yelled at, falsely accused, and demeaned. It made me feel less\nlike you, God, and it discouraged me. I do not want to treat people that\nway. I want to build them up and inspire them. I want to remember that these\npeople do not exist to absorb pain from me. I exist for them and to help\nthem be strong. Do not let my anger diminish them or me.<\/p>\n

\nI do not want to deny or try to suppress my own anger or anyone else’s. By\nyour grace, I want to know the anger, learn from it, and express it for good.\nI do not want to lose my temper and waste all that power. I want to focus\nthe angry energy where it will accomplish something positive.<\/p>\n

\nI invite your Spirit to show me how you see each event in my leadership.\nI want to see what you see and feel what you feel. If there is anger …<\/p>\n

\nGive me your<\/em> anger, God, against what is evil, not against myself\nor the people I love and serve.<\/p>\n

\nChange<\/strong>\n“No one pours new wine into old wineskins” (Luke 5:37).<\/em><\/p>\n

\nWhy can’t you give me a bridge to the future, Lord? Instead, you make me\njump for it. You make me let go and leap by faith. You did it when I wanted\na new relationship with you. You have done it repeatedly in my career and\nmy personal life. The new future you show me is beautiful, and the jump is\nreasonable, but it is always a leap of faith. So here I am again, asking\nfor faith to make another leap.<\/p>\n

\nThis is a leadership leap, God. It will do no good if I make it and no one\nelse even tries. I am not leading unless someone is following. Is anyone\nelse going to leap with me? I am depending on you to spread this faith to\nothers.<\/p>\n

\nIs this change even possible? I need to feel sure I have not missed a fatal\nindicator. There is a fine line between faith and folly. Maybe we can’t leap\nthis far; two leaps won’t work across a gap. Protect me from leading us off\nthe edge.<\/p>\n

\nGetting to this new future will change things for all of us. I cannot foresee\nall the changes, but I know there will be outcomes we did not intend. Don’t\nlet people worry unnecessarily about the unknowns, for if they hold back\ntoo much, we will not succeed.<\/p>\n

\nYou put us where we are, and how you got us to this place is part of our\ntradition. Where we need to go looks uncertain, and it feels scary and even\nwrong in a way to lose and destroy what you have provided. Give us pilgrims’\nhearts, God. Do not let us clutch the present comfort and safety because\nit will not stay that way forever. We must leave this good place and move\non, by faith—the same kind of faith that got us here.<\/p>\n

\nIf this change is going to happen, I need the right words from you—words\nto reduce anxiety, increase confidence, and intensify the feeling that we\nneed to do it. Give me words that will show respect for our past as we head\nfor our future together. But above all …<\/p>\n

\nOh, Lord, give me faith for this leap to the future. And make this a leadership\nleap, not a solo jump.<\/p>\n

\nRichard Kriegbaum<\/strong> was for 12 years president\nof Fresno Pacific University in California.<\/em><\/p>\n

Copyright © 1998 by the author or Christianity Today\/Leadership<\/em> Journal. For reprint information call 630-260-6200\nor contact us<\/a>.\nFall 1998, Vol.XIX, No. 4, Page 83<\/span><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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