Small Group Leader Ah-Ha Moment !

A woman called me this morning. She is a small group leader and her friends are also small group leaders. They facilitate the discussion during bible study at their church. This morning's call was a leader's "ah-ha" moment. And as simplistic as it sounds, it's very important to repeat and for all of us who lead, to remember.

Here it is: She realized that leading a table group was not something, in her week, to be taken lightly. Leading others is REAL and very important eternal work. What was said, imparted and implanted in these women. at her table, was a valuable deposit that would last forever. A soul deposit.

She went on to tell me how too she forgets about the soul deposit, and often she is more worried about what "to wear" to bible study class . Her focus is on self as she drives to the meeting, and her focus is on self when she measures if the women were responsive to "her."

By the end of the day, it was either good or bad, based on how she felt the group went. This morning, in her moment of clarity, she realized the significance of leading a small group. And, yes, that it wasn't about her. Her part was just to "show up" and show up prepared to be God's vessel. In her case that would mean arriving with the bible study done and questions prepared to facilitate the group as unto the Lord.

Her concern over clothes or other's reactions to her leading style were not to be of worry or concern to her any more. Being a leader is not about how we look, or how we act, it's about who we are. So being a leader is all about the heart. It's not about popularity. It's about living out of our POSITION in Christ.

There you have it...one woman's ah-ha moment after several years of leading in her best outfit!
Let's Repeat It:

• Being a leader is not about how we look, or how we act, it's about who we are.
• Being a leader is showing up to make a soul deposit in an other's life.
• Being a leader is not about me, and if it is, I need to go back to the drawing board and ask God to make it very clear to me what leadership is all about.

Prayer
Lord, Make us leaders who value the importance of the eternal work that you are doing, behind the scenes, in the hearts, in the renewing minds, of the people we serve. Make us leaders who want to decrease , in self, and increase in YOU.