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The relevance of Leadership and Ministry: God is still in Control



 Below is a variant of something I wrote in 2014.

I am still relevant, BUT GOD...

 

It has been 22 years since I left my homeland behind because of the fiddling and ranting and raving of a despot and dictator. I became part of a Diaspora whose heart and blood still longs for the sights and sounds and smells of Africa.

 

BUT GOD, has had other plans and on my sojourn- first in New Zealand and now in the United Kingdom I have learnt many new things. It has been 22 years of teaching, lecturing, and preaching about leadership, Christian leadership development and ministry values, and principles. In that time, I have had the great privilege to meet many great men and women of God, people who have spoken into my life and given me great insights. It has also been a time where I have seen brilliant church leadership and very poor church leadership. It has been a time where I have seen human failings and weaknesses in all manner of church leaders both successful and those who would be considered not so successful.

 

At times during the last 22 years, I have wanted to give up on everything, my work, my family, my friends, God, and my faith, in fact I came to a point where I just wanted to curl up into a hole in the ground and let the black cloud of depression engulf me. BUT GOD, who promised to never leave me or forsake me has always been there for me. He has never disowned me nor given up on me.  I have picked myself up, dusted myself down and never disowned him or given up on him.

 

In the last 22 years the plans I have made have not always worked or come to fruition BUT GOD's, plan has always been in the forefront of my mind, even though at times I couldn’t see it.

 

For me the last two decades have been both rewarding and frustrating. Years where I have questioned the relevance of what I am saying and as to whether anyone is listening. I believe that the next decade will be a decade of change. I still believe that the vision that God has given me (I am feeling a bit like Caleb at this point), it's mission and plan, the values and beliefs are still the same, they are relevant: The church needs to stay focused on its mission to tell the world that Jesus is Lord and that he died and shed his blood for them. This is the focal point of our message and ministry. And to do this the church needs great leadership and great ministries to see the mission accomplished. BUT GOD, is still in control.

 


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