The Fence of Leadership
As a worship leader, you’re leading people on a monthly, weekly, and sometimes even daily basis. That’s quite the leadership commitment.
In the spiritual sense, your leadership position is like a fence that God has placed around you. In His wisdom, He purposely has you hedged in by certain parameters to protect you and help you grow.
Many times, leading my team gives me deep joy because I get to run with some pretty amazing people. But other times, one of the last things I want to do is go lead my team again. I think of leadership and its commitments like a fence that God has built around me. Fences serve a variety of practical purposes. They protect. They provide privacy. They keep wanted things in and unwanted things out.
Many times, leading my team gives me deep joy, but other times, one of the last things I want to do is go lead my team again.
In the spiritual sense, your leadership position is like a fence that God has placed around you. In His wisdom, He purposely has you hedged in by certain parameters to protect you and help you grow. Maybe you’re not really excited about your “yard” right now. Maybe you’re trying to figure out a way to hop over (or knockdown) your fence and be done with its restrictions. Maybe you want to experience the “world beyond” in your own timing and on your own terms.
There are seasons where saying yes and trusting God’s leadership in our lives is a challenge. But know this: God loves you deeply and is radically committed to your success.
There are seasons where saying yes and trusting God’s leadership in our lives is a challenge. But know this: God loves you deeply and is radically committed to your success (Acts 20:24, 1 Cor. 9:24-26, 1 Tim. 6:12, 2 Tim. 4:7). If you keep saying yes and trusting that the fences that He places are for your good, I believe that He will show you how to find life within your plot of ground and how to nurture the soil so that it changes from a hardened clay into a fertile, fruit-producing land. How is the tending of your plot of ground going?
Huge thanks to my friend Jordan Vanderplate for letting me use this photo of Eilean Donan Castle in Dornie, Scotland. Check out more of his work here.
