DETERMINED TO FINISH WELL
Whenever I attend a home going service, as I watch the home going of Apostle R.J. Washington, and as I listen to the words and the message of others regarding the deceased, the first thing I do is take inventory of my own life and ministry. What can I do to improve at what I am already doing? What can I do to FINISH WELL?
As our leadership bootcamp class prepares their group assignment, we discussed the characteristics of a leader who finishes well. One of the characteristics of a leader who FINISHES WELL is that they leave behind one or more ultimate contributions. As I studied the attributes of a leader who finishes well I found what I have always known: a leader leaves a legacy as a model for others to emulate. A leader is a mentor with a desire to see lives changed. According to J. Robert Clinton, a strong leader is one who produces writings to help others in their Christian work and promotes, motivates, and inspires others to live out their God-given destiny!!!
My desire is to leave a legacy for my children, my children's children, and my spiritual children of a life well lived for the glory of God. My goal is to reach out to the lost, broken, and wounded and to speak a word that will bring life and liberation. I want to do my part to make a difference.
In the words of the late Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, a great leader in the civil rights movement, a man who devoted his life to serving others; he requested that the following two words be etched on his headstone: "I TRIED!" Like Dr. Abernathy, I want it to be known that "I tried!" I want to hear the Lord say, "Well done my good and faithful servant." Therefore, I am determined to FINISH WELL!!!
Apostle R. J. Washington leaves behind a legacy. His life speaks for the work he did while here. From the testimonies of those closely connected to him, they speak of a selfless leader who had determined in his heart to finish well!
What have you determined in your heart regarding your role as a leader? Are YOU determined to FINISH WELL?
Apostle R. J. Washington leaves behind a legacy. His life speaks for the work he did while here. From the testimonies of those closely connected to him, they speak of a selfless leader who had determined in his heart to finish well!
What have you determined in your heart regarding your role as a leader? Are YOU determined to FINISH WELL?
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