Find who you are

​Do you sometimes feel that your trying to keep up with what others are wanting from you? That you lose what you really need to focus on.
 
I remember as a young leader I was so focused on what my boss wanted from me that I truly lost focus on what I was called to do and that was to lead like Christ. I was focused on leading the way I thought my boss wanted me to lead. I was making decisions in my leadership role based on what I thought he wanted and by doing that I was not leading a team, I was trying to meet the expectations of my boss in the wrong way. I was trying to show him that I could do this Job but was going against who I was and trying to be someone I was not. This went on for about 6 months until everything came to a head with the team.   One of the members of the team, who I had worked with for years came to me and ask if we could talk. This is when I had to step back and look in the mirror. The teammate said these words to me “Mike you and I have worked and traveled together for over 10 years. Now you have stepped in the role as leader and I’m proud of you, but the person and leader I know is not the person I see sitting in front of me. You’re not leading for Gods glory your leading our bosses glory and you and I know that will not work.” After he shared this, with me I stepped back, went home and looked in the mirror and realized he was correct. At this point in my career I was able to shift and go back to leading the way Christ calls me to lead. 
 
We must find our freedom to seeking to please our father and not others. We have one Father that loves us, and He will always be next to us if we don’t try to run ahead of Him. When God puts us in position of leadership we must lead as Jesus did. When we let other expectations drive us, we scatter energy in the winds. Our own desire to look good can also drain our energy. 
We must continue to remember that as it is said in Mathew 23:8 “Jesus is our teacher and we are the student.” Are we still being the student even though Jesus gave us the opportunity to be a leader or are we trying to be the teacher and putting Jesus to the side? 
I will leave you with this and in Mathew 6:1 it says, “Don’t so things to please men, we are to do things to please our Father.”  
So when God places you in a leadership role remember it is on temporary so what are you going to do in this role to please our Father?