Don’t Believe the Hype!

When you're a leader, there are often many people that love and appreciate you. People may tell you, you're the best pastor ever or you're the best leader we’ve ever had in this department. And so as it’s easy to believe the hype. I know in my younger years as a minister, at the door people would come and tell me “Oh pastor that was the best sermon ever, the greatest sermon ever.” And it’s easy to believe, “Wow I’m such a fantastic preacher.” And I’m not saying your not. But the reality is, the largest room in the world is the room for improvement. 

And If you just focus on only having people around you that tell you how great, good or excellent you are as a leader, then it's easy to start believing the hype. And believing the hype, can kind of limit you from growing and expanding to become your best. 

So I want to challenge you today. Surround yourself with not only people that support you. But find a coach, find a mentor, find someone that you can trust, to be honest with you. Find someone you can trust to tell you the truth. That you can trust to say, I’m going to send you this sermon and give me some critical feedback, tell me what I can do to improve. Tell me three things I did well and give me two areas for growth. 

Find someone you can trust to say, here’s how I did in chairing this committee meeting, but tell me, did I do my best? What can I do better? How can I improve? So here’s my leadership tip for today. Don’t believe the hype. Find a mentor, find a coach find someone that can help you grow. 

You know, even Moses needed that and he found Jethro, his father in law. And his father in law said. “Listen, you're a great leader, but you're doing too much, you need to empower others, you need to equip others. You can’t solve the world's problems by yourself.” And because he listened to Jethro, he was able to grow, and in the process, he was able to empower and develop other leaders to be more useful for the mission. So if you follow Moses’ example, by God’s grace, you’ll be able to grow and reach your full potential. So remember, whatever ever you do. Don’t believe the Hype! And find someone that can help you grow!