This is a guest post by David L’Herroux, managing director of UCB, the UK’s largest Christian media ministry. Earlier in his career he went from cleaner to board director, leading a discount chain for a top retailer. You can follow him on twitter.
David believes that it is not your circumstances that will make or break you, but it is the choice you make to respond positively that will lead you to ultimate success.
Here he sets out the five biblical principles that shape his leadership approach at UCB, summed up in the acronym: REACT.
Remember
A healthy starting point for focusing our attitudes is to remember the goodness and faithfulness of God. I encourage our own staff to look at how God has brought us through this ministry journey thus far.
As Psalm 103:2 says:
‘Bless the Lord, O my soul; And forget not all His benefits.’ (NKJV)
We constantly remind ourselves here at UCB of those who have gone before us. This means honouring those who founded the ministry, those who have walked all or part of the journey and those who have sacrificed much to take the ministry to where it is today
Evaluate
We measure the success of the ministry by its fruits. Evaluation starts with ourselves: we review our own calling in line with God’s given vision and make sure that if we have drifted away from the vision, that we re-align back to it. We apply this to each team, then the whole ministry, and ask the question: ‘Am I – are we – bearing fruit?’
Also, there are only two things by which a ministry can reach its full potential. These are, in Jesus’ own words (Matthew 22: 37-40):
‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbour as yourself.’ (NIV)
The second is the outcome of the first commandment. It all starts with our relationship with God – everything flows from there.
Alignment
For the sake of relevance do not compromise the word of God, for it is engagement and alignment with the truth of the word that sets people free. Also, recognise the overcoming power of testimonies (see Revelation 12:11) and beware of tampering with them for the sake of relevance and, therefore, taking the truth out of them and making them powerless. The Hebrew root of testimony means ‘do again’ – every time a testimony is spoken it comes with God’s covenant to repeat the miracle.
Change
Change is part of our daily lives; however it’s our choice to accept it or reject it. We tend to accept the changes that we are in control of and often we resent the changes imposed on us. The sooner that we learn how to respond to the latter, the quicker we’ll reach our full potential.
Trust
Ultimately our success will depend upon our trust in the Lord. It’s a walk by faith, not feeling. We’re encouraged in Proverbs 3:5-6 to:
‘Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.’ (NIV)
And again in Jeremiah 17:7-8:
‘But blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream… It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.’ (NIV)
We stay fruitful as we trust in and draw on the strength, truth and unlimited resources of the One for whom everything is possible.
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