It’s Totally Worth It
Okay, for the past week I’ve been looking at some of the things I wish I had known about leadership development before I dove in head-first. Some of those things have been a little scary, and you may have even been put off by a few of them. My goal hasn’t been to scare you off, but to interject a little reality into the mix here.
Leadership development isn’t easy with any age, let alone youth. It’s difficult and it takes time. There will be days when you want to throw it in because your students have destroyed your will to keep going. It will stretch your leadership to it’s limits. But here’s the kicker, and it’s a good one.
It’s totally worth it. I knew this going in, but I think everyone needs to hear it. There is no feeling like watching young students develop leadership skills and begin leading in their lives, jobs, schools, and the church.
Entrusted to us is the future. God is raising up young people everyday to lead His people in this generation and the next, and this same God has invited us to help Him do it. What an amazing privilege. What a humbling stewardship.
We may be tired, overworked, and ready to pull our hair out at times, but at others we are humbled by God’s work in our students to the point where we just fall to our knees and worship Him. As we watch them take what God has been teaching them and apply it, we are overwhelmingly proud of our students as if we were their parents.
Through the headache and the heartache there is pride, satisfaction, and moments where you feel so close to God that the hair on the back of your neck will stick up.
There’s no job anywhere like working with young leaders. Nothing more challenging, and nothing more rewarding. It’s totally worth it.
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