Do you have relationship with the One who can change you? (129-5)

God is a personal being who has paid a great price to make it possible for individuals to enter a relationship with Him through the merits of Jesus Christ. A leader’s relationship with God shapes their perspective. Read Psalm 139.

In Psalm 139 David explores the depths of his relationship with God. He thinks about what it means that God is omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent. David’s intimate relationship with God and his thoughts about God’s nature shape David’s perspectives on life and leadership. David could be out of answers for his team but God was his source of answers beyond his own ability. David could be isolated as a leader but he was never alone. David could be in a leadership situation where he was totally out of power to control events that looked eminent but his relationship with God allowed him hope. David’s relationship with God allowed him to draw upon God’s perfect wisdom, kept him accountable to God’s justice and gave him a source of infinite power.

According to Psalm 139 every leader can know benefit of an intimate relationship with God:

• God knows our every thought, every word, and every move (vv. 1-6) so leaders are never alone.
• God directs us at all times (vv. 7-10) so leaders are never without a guide.
• God knows no hopeless or helpless situations (vv. 11-12) so leaders are never powerless.
• God created every complex element of our body, mind and spirit (vv. 13-16) so leaders have one who understands the changes they go through as they age and mature.
• God constantly thinks of us and is concerned with the details of our lives (vv. 17-18) so the leader is constantly under the care of one who can influence outcomes.
• God searches our heart and purifies our motives (vv. 23-24) so leaders can leave a positive legacy.

Wise leaders understand the better their relationship with God the better their relationship with their team, their family, and their friends because their life perspectives are shaped by a relationship with one who can change them.

John 15:15 “I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from My Father I have made known to you.”