“THE GOAL OF LEADERSHIP”

* As a leader, you are going

to draw fire.
. People will criticize you.
. Some will second-guess
your decisions.
. Others will impute
motives that aren’t there.
. A few will falsely accuse
you.
1. Offenses are inevitable.

“Woe to the world because of offenses!

For offenses must come, but woe to that
man by whom the offense comes!
According to Dictionary.com,
woe means …
“grievous distress, affliction, or
trouble.”
Anyone who has been offended
understands woe. And it
doesn’t get much easier with
age.
• A gentle reminder to all drivers who are
often tempted to get angry at fellow drivers
was written in a bumper sticker:

• ANGER IS ONLY ONE LETTER SHORT

OF DANGER
There are certainly times when
it is legitimate to be angry.

“Be angry, and do not sin”

Anger can be a valid response

to something that is wrong. But
it can quickly become toxic– not
only for those to whom we direct
it but also for ourselves.
Apostle James admonishes us
to be…

“slow to anger”.
James 1:19-20
 Between the stimulus and the
response is
… the power to chose.
This is precisely what makes us
human.

We don’t have to respond in

kind.
2. Offenses can be good for us.
This is hard saying. In the
midst of being offended, it is
difficult to believe that any
good could come out of it,
let alone that you might
have a bigger purpose in
mind.
 One of the great characteristic
of a great leader is that he is
not easily offended.
Instead, they must practice
the habit of overlooking
offenses. They take the
high road, give the
offender the benefit of the
doubt, and move on.
• The bigger temptation in leadership is not
that they may be offended by what people
may say to them or what people may talk
to others about them.

• It is, rather, that they may be able to

offend people by the way they say or do
things.
3. Being offended is a choice.
Every leader should memorize this verse:

The discretion of a man makes

him slow to anger, and his
glory is to overlook a
transgression. (Prov. 19:11)
“GREAT PEACE HAVE THEY
WHICH LOVE THY LAW,
AND FOR THEM THERE IS
NO CAUSE FOR
STUMBLING.”
People offend us by what they
do (sins of commission) and
sometimes, by what they don’t
do (sins of omission). Either
way, life affords us daily
opportunities to be offended.
THANK YOU