2022-04-06
2 Timoteus 1:7 DB
Die fondasie van goeie leierskap is selfversekerdheid. Paulus het vir Timoteus gesê: ‘Die Heilige Gees, wat deur God aan ons gegee is, is nie lafhartig nie, maar sterk. Hy maak ons ook sterk, gee vir ons liefde vir ander en help ons om nie verkeerde dinge te doen nie.’ Jy moet met sekerheid weet dat God jou geroep het, toegerus het en jou uiteindelike sukses gewaarborg het. Jy moet dit ook in gedagte hou wanneer ander mense nie meer van jou hou nie, wanneer die fondse opdroog, wanneer moraal afneem en ander mense jou verwerp. As jy onseker voel, sal vrees uiteindelik veroorsaak dat jy jou eie leierskap saboteer.
‘n Selfversekerde leier sien wat tans is, terwyl hulle hulle visie van wat kan wees, handhaaf. Hulle is selde tevrede met die huidige stand van sake. By definisie beteken om ‘te lei’ om voor te loop, nuwe grond te breek, nuwe wêrelde te oorwin en weg van die status quo af te beweeg. Ontevredenheid met die status quo beteken nie dat jy ‘n slegte houding het of kla nie; dit het te make met die gewilligheid om anders te wees en risiko’s te neem. ‘n Persoon wat nie die risiko van verandering wil onderneem nie, is iemand wat nie groei nie.
‘n Leier wat lief is vir die status quo, is een wat gou in ‘n volgeling verander. Baie mense is meer gemaklik daarmee om met ou probleme te sukkel as om nuwe oplossings te vind; risiko lyk vir hulle onveilig. Die geheim lê daarin om ‘n oorwinnende houding te hê – een wat in die versekering van wie jy is en wat jy geroep is om te doen, te vinde is. Dink daaroor!
Sielskos: Lev 8-10; Luk 22:14-23; Ps 50:1-15; Spr 9:10-11
2 Timothy 1:7 MSG
The foundation of good leadership is security. Paul told Timothy, “God doesn’t want us to be shy with his gifts, but bold and loving and sensible.” You must know with certainty that God called you, equipped you, and guaranteed your ultimate success. And you must keep this in mind when people stop liking you, when funding drops, when morale dips, and others reject you. If you feel insecure, fear will eventually cause you to sabotage your own leadership.
Confident leaders see what is, while maintaining their vision of what can be. They’re rarely content with things the way they are. As President Ronald Reagan once quipped, “Status quo… is Latin for ‘the mess we’re in!'” By definition, “to lead” is to be out in front, breaking new ground, vanquishing new worlds, and proceeding away from the status quo.
Dissatisfaction with the status quo doesn’t mean having a bad attitude or complaining; it has to do with a readiness to be different and to take risks. A person who won’t risk change is someone who fails to grow. A leader who loves the status quo is someone who soon turns into a follower. Raymond Smith of Bell Atlantic Corporation once remarked, “Administrators are easy to find and cheap to keep. Leaders – risk takers – are in very short supply. And the ones with vision are pure gold.”
Many people are more comfortable dealing with old troubles than doing what it takes to find new solutions; risk seems dangerous to them. The secret lies in having a winning attitude – one that comes from being secure in who you are and what you have been called to do. Think about it!
Soul food: Lev 8-10; Luke 22:14-23; Ps 50:1-15; Pro 9:10-11
2 Timothy 1:7 MSG
If we want to be good demonstrators of God’s love, good motivators, and good role models, we first need to be secure in our identity. Paul told Timothy, ‘God doesn’t want us to be shy with his gifts, but bold and loving and sensible.’ We must be certain that God called us, equipped us, and guaranteed our ultimate success in fulfilling His plan. It’s important that we keep all this in mind when people stop liking us, when things don’t go the way we expect, when our morale dips, and when others reject us.
If we feel insecure, fear will eventually get the better of us and prevent us from reaching our full potential. We need to try and see the reality now, while keeping hold of our God-given vision of what can be. We shouldn’t settle for keeping things the way they are, because God constantly wants us to break new ground for Him.
Being dissatisfied with the way things are doesn’t mean having a bad attitude or complaining; it has to do with a willingness to be different and step out of what’s ‘normal’. A person who won’t risk change is someone who fails to grow. Many people are more comfortable dealing with old troubles than doing what it takes to find new solutions; risk seems dangerous to them.
We might draw our security from the fact that we’re used to the old ways of doing things; but real security comes from following and trusting God’s plans, because He knows what the end result will be. The best attitude for life is one that comes from being secure in who we are in God’s eyes and knowing what He’s called us to do.
Lev 8-10; Luke 22:14-23; Ps 50:1-15; Pro 9:10-11
2022-04-05
Johannes 8:32 NLV
Jesus het gesê: ‘en julle sal begryp wat die waarheid beteken, en die waarheid sal julle vrymaak.’ Dit verg dapperheid om ‘n pynlike realiteit in die gesig te staar. Dis makliker om op ‘n huwelik wat in die moeilikheid is op te gee, as om te bly en na ‘n beter plek toe te werk. Dis makliker om aan wanhoop en selfbejammering oor te gee as om terug skool toe te gaan en opleiding vir ‘n nuwe beroep te kry.
Dit verg dapperheid om vir jou beginsels op te staan wanneer jy in die spervuur beland. Iemand het egter gesê: ‘Tensy jy vir iets opstaan, sal jy vir enigiets val.’ Die waarheid is dat enige tyd wanneer jy gewillig is om vir iets op te staan of om iets nuuts te probeer, sal iemand jou teenstaan. Dis maklik om dapper te wees wanneer jy sterk voel, maar dis baie moeiliker om dapper te wees wanneer jy swak en onvoldoende voel. Dis egter dan wanneer jy dapperheid die nodigste het.
Generaal Omar Bradley het opgemerk: ‘Dapperheid is die kapasiteit om reg op te tree, selfs wanneer jy doodbang is.’ Dapperheid beteken dat jy sê: ‘As God dit beloof het, glo ek dit,’ en dat jy dan ten spyte van struikelblokke vorentoe beweeg.
As jy vandag ‘n dosis dapperheid nodig het, lees en mediteer oor die volgende verse: 1) ‘…wees sterk en moenie moedeloos word nie, want julle werk sal beloon word’ (2 Kronieke 15:7 NLV). 2) “Versterk die moeë hande van dié wat moeg geword het. Bemoedig dié wie se knieë swak word en knik. Sê vir dié wat bang is: ‘Wees sterk en moenie bang wees nie. Want julle God kom… om julle te red!'” (Jesaja 35:3-4 NLV). Dís dapperheid!
Sielskos: Lev 5-7; Luk 22:1-13; Ps 26; Spr 9:8-9
John 8:32 NKJV
Jesus said, ‘You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.’ It takes courage to face a painful reality. It’s easier to bail out of a troubled situation than to stay and work your way through to a better place. It’s easier to give in to despair and self-pity than to treat a setback as a learning opportunity and start again. It takes guts to stand up for your convictions when you’re under fire. But somebody once said, ‘Unless you stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.’ The truth is, whenever you’re willing to stand for something or try something new, somebody will take a shot at you.
The English word courage is related to the French word cœur, meaning ‘heart’. Hence the phrase ‘don’t lose heart’. It’s easy to be brave when we’re feeling strong, but it’s much harder when we’re feeling weak and inadequate. But that’s exactly the time when we need courage the most. General Omar Bradley said, ‘Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.’ The courage he’s talking about isn’t a hollow, ‘fake it till you make it’ mindset.
Courage means saying, ‘If God promised it, I believe it’ and choosing to move forwards despite the obstacles. If you need an injection of courage today, read and think about these verses: 1) ‘Be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded’ (2 Chronicles 15:7 NIV). 2) ‘Energise the limp hands, strengthen the rubbery knees. Tell fearful souls, “Courage! Take heart! GOD is here, right here, on his way to put things right and redress all wrongs. He’s on his way! He’ll save you!”‘ (Isaiah 35:3-4 MSG).
Lev 5-7; Luke 22:1-13; Ps 26; Pro 9:8-9
