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The Necessity of Faithfulness
I want to talk to you about the necessity of faithfulness for the Christian who aspires to lead.
God gives to each of us a sphere of influence where we can help lead people toward Him (Matthew 28:18-20).
Each of us have experienced the difference between leaders we can trust and those we can’t.
In a way, faithlessness is the source of hypocrisy.
Developing faithfulness in order to lead well is the only way that we are going to lead effectively into the future.
Did you know that there have been reported historic lows in the confidence and trust that people have?
Trust in media, military, courts, politicians, and even in the American voter has diminished greatly.
When we can learn to lead in a way that honors and reflects God, we will be examples of the types of leaders the world needs.
The Fruit of Faithfulness
Despite what we may think, implementing the five-simple-steps of the leadership guru are not likely to rebuild trust.
Fads and popular content has their place but we need a kingdom solution to the problem of plummeting trust.
Solutions offered by the world are superficial options at best and doomed to fail at worst.
But a kingdom solution goes deeper and builds a firm foundation.
When we embrace the Spirit and partner with God to cultivate the fruit of faithfulness in our lives we will be prepared to better lead the people in our sphere.
Cultivating Faithfulness
Just as we saw, Jesus is faithful and Moses was faithful.
And as a result received honor and whose lives were a testimony of the kingdom of God.
If you hope to be an effective leader, you need to become like Christ in a greater way.
Here are some thoughts that will help you in your pursuit:
Faithfulness is a Requirement
To be godly leaders, we must understand and recognize that faithfulness is a requirement.
Biblical faithfulness is not just about fidelity.
It carries the meaning of being full of faith, trustful, even responsible.
It implies confidence, certainty, and trust.
To lead well we must be full of faith and trust in God.
We also need to be the kind of person who others, including God, can have confidence in and count on to be responsible and trustworthy.
The starting point of developing this quality is in the small, every day, little things.
Illustration: D.L. Moody remembered a dream someone shared with him.
Man died, angel took him to a beautiful temple.
He admired it but found a spot were a small stone was missing.
Asked.
The angel replied, “That was left out for you; but you wanted to do great things, and so there was no room left for you.”
Begin to develop your faithfulness and credibility as a leader with the small things.
Build your credibility with your team, your family, others by being faithful in the small things.
Unfaithfulness Has a Cost
This story reminds us that unfaithfulness has a cost.
Failing to remain faithful to the will of God led to Moses not being able to go into the Promised Land.
Our unfaithfulness can lead to us losing the blessing connected to our jobs, families, relationships, churches.
Illustration: The news of recent FTX crypto exchange billionaire founder scam has just broke.
This will affect the whole crypto industry.
It has already affected those who put money into it.
Even worse, when details about how some of that money was used to fund political campaigns.
This undermines confidence in systems like finance and government.
Once you lose trust and confidence it is incredibly difficult to get it back and restore what was lost.
In fact, if you do not lead with faithfulness in your job and relationships you may never recover what is lost.
Faithfulness to Whom it is Due
There are three important spheres that we must develop our faithfulness in if we are going to be effective and godly leaders.
First, we must be faithful to God (Revelation 2:10).
This means that we live trusting in Him with our lives.
It also means that He can find us trustworthy and responsible to carry out His will.
Additionally, this includes that we are faithful to His teachings and values.
Second, we must be faithful to those we are called to serve.
Faithful to our spouses
Faithful to our children
Faithful to our brethren
Faithful to our bosses
Finally, we must be faithful to ourselves.
This means we do not violate our integrity
This means that we do not compromise our values.
This means we operate with boundaries.
In whatever way we can we must choose to be faithful.
In order for God and others to trust us, we have to work to develop and practice this fruit of the Spirit.
Illustration: William Booth ministry to the outcasts of society: prostitutes, homeless, poor, drunk.
He brought them the 3 S’s - soup, soap, and salvation.
He went blind and when his son brought him the report that he would likely never see again he said, “God must know best, Bramwell.
I have done what I could for God and the people with my eyes.
Now I shall do what I can for God and the people without my eyes.”
- The General: William Booth, Volume 2, David Bennet
If you want to be a stronger leader and an effective one, you need to be faithful.
Be faithful to God.
Be faithful to those you are called to serve.
And be faithful to yourself.
Conclusion
Faithfulness is not something that is usually emphasized at seminars or schools.
But it is something that Jesus lived and modeled.
It was Moses’ faithfulness that was a quality that endeared him to God.
It was this quality that God pointed out to Aaron and Miriam when they spoke against him.
Your faithfulness with draw God’s attention.
Being a faithful leader will make you someone worth following and as you continue to develop faithfulness in all things people will gravitate toward you.
Because you choose to do these things you will begin to shift the culture around you—in your home, workplace, the church, etc.
If you continue through to the end you will hear the Lord say, “Well done, good and faithful servant” (Matthew 25.23).
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