Challenging

Job’s life had been a cakewalk—layers of sweet blessings iced with a thick frosting of more blessings. Then the cake collapsed. Job had to make a choice. It’s easy to love God when life is good, but how will you respond to God when things go sour? Job had lost all his possessions and his ten children. Now, he is about to lose his health.

Tough times call for strong leadership. Many can lead well when things are going well—when business is thriving, everything is good at home, and the church is growing. But when the bottom falls out of the economy, family dynamics are challenging, and the church is filled with worriers instead of worshipers, real leaders step forward to inspire and set the course.

God never wastes our time.

God never leaves us, even in the darkness.

Ask God to give you his wisdom and discernment in a changing and challenging world.

How are you doing, Christian leader? These principles are challenging. At the end of the day, these are the areas in which we will be judged.