A Leadership Insight from Vision Multiplier International https://visionmultiplierllc.com/
I was reflecting on these scripture this morning and the thought of how do we, as leaders, cope when we feel like we are emotionally bankrupt?
Emotional bankruptcy can surface in many forms:
- Our calling may start to feel like a weight
- Our assignment may start to feel like a job
- Our mission success has unleashed an abundance of waggling tongues
- Our battle has endured longer than anticipated
Emotional bankruptcy is almost a taboo subject as we, the leaders, are always to watch and pray – being vigilant to put on the whole armor of God.
Yet….we see a real life biblical example, in Elijah, a successful leader that experienced this tender moment and how God responded- giving us hope and guidance.
The good news is that feeling drained is not a sign of failure but a signal for us to rely on God for strength.
Selah
Also, as long as our why (the desire to serve Christ) is still present, there is hope! The work that remains is to recover from our emotional pains. The scripture shows us the way as we embrace the Word:
“Hear my cry, O God; Attend unto my prayer. From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, When my heart is overwhelmed: Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.”
Psalm 61:1-4 KJV
“Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.”
Psalms 51:12 NIV
Amen
We see in the Bible where Elijah has reached a place of emotional exhaustion, despair, and depression.
We also see Gods love in action as He sent an angel to minister to Elijah (Heb 1:14): demonstrating compassion , providing rest and sustenance rather than a rebuke.
Scripture describes it this way:
“For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.”
Hebrews 4:15 KJV
Divine strength stands in the gap when personal strength fails. The Bible say it this way:
“And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”
II Corinthians 12:9 NKJV
Thank you Lord!
In closing, let us be reminded that He prepares a table before us in the presence of our enemies ( Psalms 23:5) and we shall declare that:
“God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.”
Psalm 46:1-3 KJV
“He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: but they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”
Isaiah 40:29-31 KJV
In Jesus Name, Amen.
Be Blessed!
Be a Blessing!
“But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.
And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.
And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.
And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.”
1 Kings 19:4-8 KJV
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