Do you allow brokenness to make you better? (95-5)
Every leader will experience some success and some failure. It seems God allows this both for our good and our development as the person needed to fulfill His plan. Some leaders will experience overpowering situations and great brokenness on their way to becoming the leader God wants them to be. Our reaction to being totally broken will determine how God uses us when we are restored to more normal situations. Read 2 Samuel 18:19-33.
In the Maxwell Leadership Bible, John Maxwell discusses this topic in his notes on Brokenness.
Maturity Comes When God Breaks a Leader.
The armies of Absalom and King David came to blows over who would lead Israel, and the old king reasserted his rule.
David’s troops not only routed his son’s armies; they also killed Absalom himself. Yet David couldn’t rejoice, even though his rebellious son’s death ended the war. Absalom was dead. Amnon was dead. Tamar had been raped. Many who remained had grown twisted and sick.
And David cried out in brokenness.
In his broken state, God began to restore David to the man he once was, the man after His own heart. David regained his resolve to lead his country and leave a worthwhile legacy. He crushed other revolts, killed other giants, restored Israel. In many ways, David matured to a new level as a leader through this awful season of brokenness. Broken boldness now characterized his leadership.
Job 17:9 Nevertheless, the righteous will hold to their ways, and those with clean hands will grow stronger.
Isaiah 40:30-31 Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
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