39 Quotes And Lessons For Those Who Feel Like They Are Wasting Their Lives

As part of my personal development I attend a monthly gathering of leaders called Lunch With A Leader.  Hosted by NorthStar Church in Kennesaw, GA, over 200 community leaders (business, government, first responders, teachers, administrators, coaches) convene to be taught leadership from a spiritual perspective by the church’s incomparable senior pastor Mike Linch.

Think about that for a moment!  Over 200 community leaders gather during the work week to be taught biblical leadership.  Just imagine how much love and trust NorthStar and Mike has earned over the years for this to be a reality.

Today, Mike continued teaching on the life of Moses, specifically his 40 years in the wilderness as a sheepherder.  Mike coached the leaders how to handle those times when it appears nothing is happening, your career is not going anywhere, you are in a job or position you do not enjoy, and it seems as if God has forgotten you.

The following are 39 Quotes And Lessons For Those Who Feel Like They Are Wasting Their Lives I captured from Mike’s session.  All quotes are his unless otherwise stated.

1. The goal of today is not just to leave as better leaders, but better spiritual leaders.
2. We live in a world where new is always better.
3. 67% of millennials, the #1 thing they look for in the workplace is personal development. – Kevin Scott, Founder of ADDO Worldwide
4. We live in a generation that is less patient. – Scott
5. Often times, we don’t do a good job connecting the tasks of millennials to the overall vision of company. – Scott
6. When the goal is clear, the mundane becomes meaningful. – Scott
7. You’ve got to paint a clear picture of where your organization is headed. – Scott
8. Tie the role to the goal and the mundane will become meaningful. – Scott
9. Learn.  Unlearn.  Relearn.
10. We struggle blooming where we’re planted because we think we are done.
11. Moses had the amazing ability to be in the season but understand the season wasn’t everything.
12. Use this time to know who God is.  Don’t waste the time when you are in a season of struggle.
13. Go after God and seek to know Him.  God will never waste your time and He will never waste your experiences.
14. “Once you become aware that the main business that you are here for is to know God, most of life’s problems fall into place of their own accord.” – J.J. Packer
15. God did not put you here for your role.  Your purpose in life is not your job.  Why would God put your purpose in something you can lose.  My purpose is to know Him and make Him known and that gives purpose to my role.
16. When we begin to learn about ourself, we prep the soil.
17. We work in life for a position and then we base our identity on what our position is.  The problem is when the position goes away we lose our identity.  Who you are is not what you do.
18. Who I am is got to be bigger than what I do.
19. “What accounts for most of our failures in Christian living is our failure to realize what we are.  It is our failure to realize what God has done to us; what has happened to us.” – Martyn Lloyd-Jones
20. Spiritual leadership is not telling people where to go.
21. Use this time to know who I am.
22. “We do not behave out of our identity, we behave out of our understanding of our identity in Christ.” – Shelley Hendrix
23. Use this time to determine my values.
24. Moses always kept hope alive in his life.
25. If it is important to you, you will find a way.  If not, you will find an excuse.
26. We all have to learn to value people.  Your life is about people.  It’s not about you.
27. Many of the coaches who make the greatest impact are not the ones with the best records.
28. A life whose value is in others, that currency never goes away.
29. Use this time to learn and grow your skills.
30. Moses got good at being Moses when nobody knew who Moses was.  Sometimes God hides you in the shadows while He works on you.
31. You can’t get to the front story without having a back story.
32. Use this time to be faithful in the small things because it will be worth it.  When you think nobody is watching, God’s watching.
33. Actively watch and wait.
34. “If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you.” – Fred DeVito
35. Use this time to remember that being faithful in the small things will always be worth it.
36. “How you do anything is how you do everything.” – Dabo Swinney
37. We can’t think that only the big things matter.
38. What God has is bigger and better than anything this world can give.
39. “Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.” – Mother Teresa

Another incredible session from Mike.  Few people serve leaders as well as he does.  What is one thing you learned from the quotes above which will make you a better leader?

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