The inner work of a leader is often elusive. The inner work includes patterns that will feed and fuel the leader’s soul. Learning to be disciplined in reflective prayer, learning to sit with scripture; not to produce a lesson, but to invite the Lord to shape the heart and soul are essential. Years seeded with hours upon hours of alone prayer and reflective reading catalyzes a deeper work that eventually leads to impact.
Learning to be grateful in all places and for all people is another essential discipline. Unless we can view our lives as in the hands of God and not in the hands of others, this one may be difficult. But if we understand that we are ultimately in the hands of the Most High, then we can connect the dots that the people in our lives, even if painful, have a purpose for our destiny. If we live in majesty, that the Lord is overseeing our destiny, then the limitations are leverage points to surface the deeper rumblings of our soul.
Who is in your life? Make a list and then go back through it and ask the Lord to reveal what He is doing for you in each relationship!
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