Can be pretty intimidating when what you are hitting are things you are comfortable with. By nature I am a “get it all done myself kind of guy” because “at the end of the day no one will care enough to do it the way I think it should get done.” I have preached about handing off keys in ministry and have done so to an extent. God is making me do it for real now. Its good though, I can see how this is going to be a good thing for me and for the ministries of Impact Church. I am starting to see through the pressures in my own life how I have held onto keys for too long. I must admit, I am still slow to ask too much of people because I want to be sensitive to their lives and the work load they bear without me coming along. However, since my time is becoming more and more of a rare commodity I am going to start laying things before people and seeing what the leaders around me will take up. My job needs to be less about the work and more about the leaders that are carrying the burden for the work. I need to be an encourager and I need to be inspiring them to find meaning in what they are asking their teams to do. I need to be their pastor…God has been pushing me into this role faster than I had thought would happen 4 years ago and behold, here it is already.
So I confess here publicly that the systems that I have put into place are holding this ministry back. As I walk around breaking them I am praying that God will be moving in the lives of those that will be thrust into leadership. It happened for me as result of a need, its time to allow the Holy Spirit to move through me and into the lives of the emerging leaders around me so they can experience the same empowerment.
Pray for me…its not going to be easy.
