Our core beliefs determine our behavior. It is vital as leaders that we bathe ourselves in prayer and the Word of God daily.In 2006, I was fortunate to interview the former Mayor of New York City, Rudolph Giuliani at the Billion Soul Pastors Conference in Orlando, Florida. I asked,“How does a leader know what to do in a horrific situation?” I often wondered how such leaders determine what to do when information was slow or nonexistent. His answer was, “When there is not enough time to make knowledgeable decisions, we must make decisions based upon God’s Word.”
Years after the “Miracle on Ice” at Lake Placid, Mr. Brooks stated, “I’ve often been asked what was the best moment for me? Well, it was ... the sight of 20 young men of such differing backgrounds now standing as one. Young men willing to sacrifice so much of themselves all for an unknown ... But on one weekend, as America and the world watched, a group of remarkable young men gave the nation what it needed most — a chance, for one night, not only to dream, but a chance, once again, to believe.”
In every leader’s life there comes a time when we do more than choose from right and wrong, but have to choose right from right. Rather than copying what others have done, in these hard decisions of right versus right we must pursue the God-given dream that He breathed into us and trust His Word to guide us.
[by James O. Davis]
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