In My Chair or On My Knees

I have a confession – I tend to live as if I believe the cliché, “when the going gets tough, the tough get going.” For me, this means that I confront challenges directly. I assess the situation, determine a solution, roll up my sleeves, and get it done. Honestly, that has served me pretty well in my career, both in business and in the church.

But more and more I find myself asking the question, “Am I leaving room for God, or have I left Him out of this process?” Many years of education, training, and life experience have taught me to rely on myself, and only go to God as a last resort. It’s easy to do this in leadership. Many competing demands scream for attention. And they’re usually not saying “Seek God in this” – they just say, “Fix it now!” It’s the tension of staying in our leadership chair or getting on our knees in prayer.

I believe the best answer is a balancing act in which we do both. God called us to be good stewards of all that He has given us, and that includes our abilities to take charge, make decisions, and solve problems. But He also wants us to be dependent on Him, to ask Him for wisdom and for His power to be made perfect in our weakness. So in the future, I hope you’ll find me in my chair AND on my knees.

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