Do Well With Grace
“Amazing grace how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost but now I’m found. I was blind but now I see.”
This iconic hymn, written by John Newton, is still relevant and alive today. It speaks truth and when we experience the grace of God, we’re moved to sing it.
The grace of God is personal and Jesus does what only He can do; change our lives,
and clean our lives.
“8. God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. 9. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.”
Ephesians 2:8-9
The question is, will we do well with the grace of God?
Meaning, what will we do with it?
Keep it to ourselves? Serve others? Reach others? Be combative with people Jesus is trying to reach? What will we do?
This is an important question for all of us, especially leaders. How we lead and transition is massive and its impact goes far and wide.
When we do well with grace it looks like this: Generational faith, empowerment, delegating, servant leadership, generosity, equipping, loving, and strategic.
This type of leadership sets up transitions to thrive and multiply.
When we don’t do well with grace it looks like this: Faith that is not generational, selfish, doesn’t empower others, short-sighted, stingy, stubborn to adjust, and only thinking about their time as leader.
This type of leadership sets up a struggle that’s unnecessary and maybe even deadly to the organization.
We have an example of this in scripture with Hezekiah and Manasseh.
Hezekiah was given the grace of God in being healed and given fifteen more years of life. During that time his son Manasseh was born but he didn’t do well with grace.
He showed his enemies the treasuries he had and he didn’t care that his sons would be taken away as slaves. In response to the prophet’s word, he said,
“Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “This message you have given me from the Lord is good.” For the king was thinking, “At least there will be peace and security during my lifetime.”
Isaiah 39:8
This is a tragic response and when Manasseh became King, he was compared to Ahab for his wickedness.
We can’t afford to NOT do well with grace. The impact is too great and hurts too much.
God wants generational impact, growth, and multiplication. Therefore, doing well with grace in leadership is needed.
So I encourage us leaders to do well with grace. Set up transitions to thrive and multiply. Set up the next leaders to increase and flourish. This is our moment and this is our mandate.
Here are two ways to do well with grace.
1st – Set new leaders up to win.
This means we make sure they have what they need to prosper. We can’t control what they do, but we can control what we give them.
We can make it easy to make it hard. It’s our choice but either way, a legacy is left behind.
We set new leaders up to win by empowering them, leading them, opening doors to other leaders, giving them resources, and taking the hits of change so they don’t have to.
They’re going to have enough battles on their own. What we want to do is be a protector of them instead of being an enemy to them.
We do well with grace when we set them up to win.
2nd – Let them lead.
Jesus empowered His disciples to go and preach, heal, disciple, and lead His church. They were imperfect, made mistakes, and were not fully ready, but He let them lead.
Jesus is asking us to do the same thing. At some point, we have to let them lead. We become the encourager, the helper, and the support behind the scenes.
We let go so they can grab on.
Every leadership role is temporary, which means that transition is inevitable. How will we do? Will we do well with grace?
We have a say in the answer to these questions. We can get it right and leave an impact that’s generational and eternal!
Go for it!
Let Jesus help you do well with grace and lead a transition that thrives and multiples.
Now is the time to move forward and decide to do well with grace.
Have a great day and God is with you.
PD
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