Can I Expect God's Best?
3 Principles to get there
ReLeading is hard.
Honestly, any form of leadership is hard. It can feel like walking through a minefield - carefully taking strategic steps to advance your organization, yet explosions still occur. An unexpected staffing issue arises. Sales unexpectedly decline in the third quarter. The vision you thought would go to the moon, struggles to leave the ground. It becomes quite easy for a leader to be left with a lingering sense of dread, wondering, "What problem is lurking around the corner?"
Several months ago, I noticed a statement coming from my wife’s lips that caught my attention. There’s no telling how long Michele had been using the phrase around the house, but one day amid a discussion she said, “Let’s expect God’s best.” That phrase hit me hard that day, and soon we began saying it to each other frequently: “Expect God’s best.”
Soon after that, I felt compelled to teach on the topic. As I zeroed in on the idea, I noticed that I began to wrestle with my theology about this. Can we really expect God’s best? At the heart of my struggle was the notion of whether I was being realistic, or was I setting myself up for disappointment. Should I, or even can I, expect God’s best?
I began my quest to answer this question, with a question, “How can I say that I expect God’s best when it seems as if difficulty is around every corner?” We can’t deny living in a broken world where hardship is inevitable. We deal with physical sickness, death, human emotion, and often, conflict abounds. At times, these things are inescapable, and yet Michele said, “Expect God’s best.”
After much study, prayer, and contemplation I’ve concluded, that yes, I can still expect God’s best. Here’s how…