HOW A PERSONAL MISSION STATEMENT IMPACTED MY JOURNEY
I’ve been on a journey.
Over the past decade I’ve been on a journey to become a person who is able to lead well. I want my leadership to encompass every role and responsibility that my life holds.
- I want to lead well as a husband and a father.
- I want to lead well as I shepherd and direct ministry.
- I want to lead well throughout every day-to-day interaction that I may have.
I don’t believe that this journey originated in my heart and mind. I firmly believe it was God’s calling on my life, to become a person who leads well. Philippians 1:6 reads as follows:
“Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.“
If God has placed a specific calling on our lives, it will carried out. Carried out, not for self-glorification, but for the blessing of others and in turn, for His glorification. Ultimately, it’s not about us, it’s about Him; but we get to enjoy the ride!
I definitely haven’t arrived yet!
As I said, I’m on a journey, and every journey has its share of good and bad. Day in and day out, I consistently make errors of judgement, and my character flaws continue to trip me up.
Regardless, every failure that I have experienced, I must accept and place into my toolbox of life-lessons. Each leadership fall has taught me invaluable truths about myself, that have become vital to my leadership journey.
This journey has brought me a mission.
This journey has culminated into a personal mission statement, that always brings me back to my calling:
“Serving Christ by cultivating personal leadership through writing, equipping and communications.”
This mission statement can be broken up into steps of importance and facilitation:
- First, to be serving Christ within every aspect of my life.
- Second, to be cultivating personal leadership as I serve Christ in my various roles and responsibilities.
- Third, to be writing down ongoing lessons and experiences, to record growth and failures.
- Fourth, to be equipping future generations of leaders with the lessons I’ve learned.
- Finally, being in constant communication with others, sharing and receiving experiences and life-lessons with the world.
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Do you have a personal mission statement? If so, how has it impacted the journey that God has called you to?
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