Category: Christian Leadership

As we finish the month of January and the theme of “Leading Yourself”, consider how author Patrick Morley urges us to examine our ways.  He claims, “Most men lead unexamined lives.  They have not chiseled their life view by a personal search for truth and obedience to God.”

Our lives are often consumed in action, as we respond to the seemingly endless things that vie for our attention, time, and money.  Just as a lawyer or accountant is no better than the effort he puts into keeping up with his profession, so is the Christian no better than the effort he puts into self-examination of life’s big questions.

Lamentations 3:40 says, “Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord.”

Let’s see what we can learn from John Maxwell’s Be All You Can Be: A Challenge to Stretch Your God-Given Potential.

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As we start this New Year, I encourage you to consider Leading Yourself.  This is where leadership starts.

In fact, my very first blog post (from September 2013) described your most powerful leadership tool.  What do you think that is?  I submit it’s a mirror because I think leadership starts with knowing yourself, your strengths, your stressors, and how you can best be successful.

Patrick Morley, author of Man in the Mirror, claims the #1 shortcoming of man is that we lead unexamined lives.  He goes on to say that most men have not chiseled their life view by a personal search for truth and obedience to God.

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