From the outside, perhaps I seemed to be thriving too. But in moments of honest reflection, I could recognize that small compromises had subtly recalibrated my course. I was working hard but losing my way, pursuing organizational growth strategies without similar intentionality around what mattered still more. Compounded by time, the gap between my current trajectory and a faithful finish was growing and would continue to grow. I was living the very definition of drift, and without conscious course correction, I was not going to finish well.
ADRIFT
of service and thriving ministries lose their reputation and others’ respect through a series of poor decisions. Business leaders who achieve the highest levels of prosperity are caught in financial scandals and forced out in humiliation.
But we never think it will happen to us.
We don’ t stop to consider how we might be similarly at risk, as we play in currents without realizing their strength. Blissfully unaware, we wade into dangerous waters. Even when we spot drift in others, we still splash in the waves. Too seldom do we pay attention to the warning signs.
Leaders seem to routinely get caught in currents that pull them away from missional alignment. We’ ve all seen a leader drastically, dramatically lose their way as though caught in a riptide. Christian leaders with decades
We live surrounded by currents that carry us to places we never intended to go, and currents have the same function as riptides. They’ re less dramatic. They feel gentler and more innocuous, but they still carry
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